Clash of fundamentalism

Not everyone agrees with Huntington's idea of the Clash of Civilisations. The British author Tariq Ali rather calls the current situation Clash of Fundamentalism, and his analysis about the diversity and history of the Muslim communities world wide, and its parallels in the Christian world provides probably a better background to the Middle-East conflict than the daily news yarn.

But not matter how you call this historic (or hysteric) era we live in, Islamophobia is noticeable even in multicultural Australia, and undoubtedly people in Afghanistan and Iraq won't embrace the attempt to mold their societies after the American ideal of freedom and democracy.

Politicians seems to have failed to find a peaceful solution to this conflict, but maybe people can have their voices heard if they unite. Online petitions become more and more popular, and personally I like the petition to Stop the clash of civilisations .

Of course I don't assume that this idea is endorsed by the PIS, but maybe some of you feel inclined to do a little bit more than nothing, and have at least a look at the compelling video accompanying this petition.