Islam's Clash with Modernization

Ten years ago, Samuel Huntington argued that the fault lines of world politics in the post-Cold War era are mainly cultural—a "clash of civilizations" defined by five or six major cultural zones that can sometimes co-exist but will never converge, because they lack shared values. One implication of this argument is that the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the US-led response, should be viewed as part of a la