A closing of ranks of the powerful rather than ‘a coalition against terror’
September 17, 2014
UNITED STATES, Washington : US President Barack Obama meets with Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State organization(IS) General John Allen at the White House in Washington, DC, September 16, 2014. AFP
Accordingly, we are not having a ‘Clash of Civilizations’ of any kind because we are not seeing whole populations violently confronting each other on the military or ideological planes. The vast majority of the adherents of the world’s faiths seek to coexist peacefully with other religious communities, barring a few who abuse their faiths. The latter are accountable for the manic violence which is being unleashed in the name of religion.
