History (8 years later)

Submitted by Robert (United States), Nov 26, 2022 at 20:37

It's been 8 years since this excellent article was written. So what happened next?

(1) Islamists have not gotten smarter. Violence prevails. We must recall that Islam is founded on the successful conquests of Muhammad, so non-violent Jihad is highly unlikely.

(2) A new consciousness has arisen throughout the world: Civilizationism. In the West (Western Civilization) there has been an awakening to the threat of non-Western infiltration through illegal immigration and false refugee status. Within the Chinese Civilization, Uighur Muslim population have been forcibly removed to "re-education facilities" (a euphemism for concentration camps). In Russia, Putin's Russian World (Civilization?) has defeated the Muslim Chechen population through military force or violence. Shia Muslim Iran (Civilization State) has emerged as a violent adversary against the Jewish Civilization of Israel as well as other Muslims, mostly Sunni and Arab. The Indian Civilization has allied itself with with Israel and the Gulf States against Iran and of course Sunni Islam Pakistan, but less so Sunni Muslim Bangladesh.

So, it is in the Western World (Civilization) where the issue of Islamism is most acute - but only within each state. The civilization battle for the West is primarily now focused in the Pacific where China is the main adversary and Islamism is far less prominent.

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