02-10-2017, 09:06 AM
(02-10-2017, 08:47 AM)Fire Mixtape Wrote: It doesn't imply it's a majority, just demonstrates that violent jihadism involves more than just a few bad eggs. The problem goes deeper than those that would actually carry out acts of terror or join militant organisations.
Not really sure what you're saying in the second bit.
I still stand by my view on 'Clash of civilisations' but would also point out that there are unquestionably clashes going on within Islam, not just down sectarian lines but intellectual and cultural lines too. This is more than just being about 'West vs Islam', we have friends and potential friends in these countries already fighting, arguing and protesting. I don't think it does them any favours to be in denial about the problem. There's a bit more to it than 'Islam bad', it's about supporting the democrats, the intellectuals, the secularists in their struggles against religious oppression rather than saying it's not our problem.
The idea of a clash of civilisations has been very well developed in both intellectual and mainstream circles, and if you accept that there's also internal conflict within Islam then what you're saying neither fits in with the 'clash of civilisations' as it's been theorised or could be referred to as a clash of civilisations in any meaningful sense.