The Dialogue of Civilizations ( Dr. Badawi's Opening Statements - 1 of 3 )

What Clash of Civilizations?

Samuel Huntington's article "The Clash of Civilizations?" appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs, where it immediately attracted a surprising amount of attention and reaction.

" World politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of international conflict will be cultural. Civilizations-the highest cultural groupings of people-are differentiated from each other by religion, history, language and tradition. These divisions are deep and increasing in importance. From Yugoslavia to the Middle East to Central Asia, the fault lines of civilizations are the battle lines of the future. In this emerging era of cultural conflict the United States must forge alliances with similar cultures and spread its values wherever possible. With alien civilizations the West must be accommodating if possible, but confrontational if necessary. In the final analysis, however, all civilizations will have to learn to tolerate each other."

Samuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, where he is also director of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

Representing the Muslim perspective was Dr. Jamal Badawi: Dr. Badawi is a professor of Management at Saint Mary University in Halifax.

He has authored several books and articles on Islam and designed and participated in the production of nearly 350 half-hour segments of a TV series on Islam.

He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam & Christianity.

Dr. Badawi is also a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Fiqh Council.

Representing the Christian side was Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, John Louis Esposito

Esposito was raised a Roman Catholic in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, and spent a decade in a Catholic monastery. After taking his first degree he worked as a management consultant and high-school teacher. He then studied and received a masters in theology at St Johns University.

He earned a PhD at Temple University, Pennsylvania in 1974, studying Islam and held post doc appointments at Harvard and Oxford Universities.

He is well-known as a promoter of strong ties between Muslims and Christians and has even challenged the Vatican to make greater efforts to encourage such ties.

The Topic: The Dialogue of Civilizations

A dialogue between Dr. Jamal Badawi and Prof. John L. Esposito

(Kingdom of Bahrain, May 30th 2002)

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[amiranicholleatwork]

This is the man who taught me Islam, use to go to the Chebucto Masjid and hear him speak, this is why when people tell me they teach hate at the Mosques I don't understand LOL Shout out Halifax

[DivineLove247]

Petrichanin,

How many MUSLIMS, not Moslems do you know, that you are JUDGING that not enough Muslims are liberal spirited?

The fact is, it is the Christian mentality which is invading, and occupying Muslim lands, which is the reason for the clash of civilization!

[SuperMaryam16]

@petrichanin no, it is not.... not at all... Muslim... that is the right ronounciation. let's just say your name is eric, would you want me to call you orac? i don't think so. The word "moslem" has no meaning. it is muslim

[SilkRouteTrader]

There is theory, interpretation, and what is written in holy books. nothing wrong with this and all such have to be encouraged. And then there are facts. Is it not factual that most wars happened in the history of Islamic countries and the high level of violence and aggression in muslims even in 2011? What is the source of this violence, hate, and aggression? This is where westerners conclude that Islam is the source. if not, what is the right source?

[reubenmuhammad]

Excellent! Al-Hamduli-llah!

Thank you!

RM

[ariffcts]

In English it is Muslim... moslem was used before... . if you call my name by what its not that is not correct.. dont you agree? I say my name is not that then why are you calling me by a name which is not mine.. I am not a moslem I am a muslim..hope you get my point..

[petrichanin]

mihail is hebrew name but is is Mihail in Bulgarian, Mihailos in Greek, Michael in English, Mikele in Italian, Michel in French and so on...so in arabic it is muslim but in english it is moslem!:))

[petrichanin]

Finland is the international name for one of the Scandinavian countries... But the people of Finland call themselves and their country Suomi. so where is the problem!

[ariffcts]

Muslim is derived from Arabic is it not.. when a group of people preferred to be called as muslims instead of moslems you think that is absurd why? your name remains your name in whatever language you write correct.. people get offended when some one mispronounces their name , is it not? same here...