CLASH OF THE UNCIVILIZED !

ONE SHOULD NOT SEE THE ONGOING CRISIS AS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS. PHENOMENA AS DEEP AND COMPLEX AS CIVILIZATIONS CANNOT BE THROWN INTO CONFLICT OVERNIGHT BY MEDIA-DRIVEN CAMPAIGNS. A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS WOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IDENTIFIED BY A PARTICULAR CIVILIZATIONAL NEXUS. THE CURRENT CRISIS IS THE RESULT OF A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT THAT HAS BEEN EXPLOITED BY AN UNCIVILIZED MINORITY OF PROVOCATEURS BOTH IN THE WEST AND THE EAST TO ADVANCE THEIR CONFLICTING AGENDAS. AS LONG AS THAT EXPLOITATION CONTINUES, THE CRISIS COULD APTLY BE CALLED THE CLASH OF THE UNCIVILIZED.

--BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR--