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...return to the progressive origins of her religion. Were she alive at the time of publication, this alone would have seen her charged with blasphemy in fundamentalist circles, but if ever the Koran's message of tolerance bears repeating, it is now. Bhutto's criticism of Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" theory is also pertinent. Huntington posited, in a 1993 essay in the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations magazine Foreign Affairs, that conflict between Islam and the West was inevitable. Bhutto, drawing on the works of several authors, argues that Huntington's idea "has actually helped provoke the confrontation...
While short, the chapter refuting Samuel Huntington's theory of the Clash of Civilizations is particularly pertinent. Huntington posited in a 1993 essay in Foreign Affairs that conflict between Islam and the West was inevitable. Bhutto, drawing on the works of several authors in a New York Review of Books-type essay fears Huntington's work "has actually helped provoke the confrontation it predicts... The clash of civilizations theory is not just intellectually provocative: it fuels xenophobia and paranoia both in the West and in the Islamic world." Instead, she says, the tension is within Islam itself. "The failure...
...media have an ethical responsibility to cover each and every presidential candidate? -Linda Tidrick, Huntington, Conn.Initially. But the voters make some decisions relatively quickly as to who are the more serious candidates. When it gets down to a point, I think it's very fair for a news organization to make an editorial judgment that some candidates have a more serious claim on a nomination than others...
...perfectly. My trust in and respect for McCain will make it difficult for me to vote for anyone else if he becomes the Republican nominee. This makes me torn between rooting for him and wanting him to lose so I won't have to make that choice. Ron Nerio, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF...
...Democrat perfectly. My trust in and respect for McCain will make it difficult for me to vote for anyone else if he is the Republican nominee. I'm torn between rooting for him and wanting him to lose so I won't have to make that choice. Ron Nerio Huntington Beach, California...