`Clashes' at Home

How is Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations? viewed in today's Indonesia? A summary of Aksara's monthly discussion brings to the fore Islamic activities of various leanings.

March 19, 2002

President George Bush, sporting a cowboy hat, stands between two bearded elderly gentlemen wearing long flowing robes and turbans. Bush's right hand hovers above his gun holster, his left hand pointing. He then barks: "Don't cross me, Iran!" But then he has second thoughts ("Wait a minute..! There are two Irans..! One is old-fashioned and hard-line. The other is reformist and democratic. This needs a more sophisticated app

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