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September 27, 2025The International and Political Journal0 citationsOpen Access

The position of Islamic thought on the theory of the clash of civilizations

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AMAhmed MohsenAin Shams University

Key Points

  • Islamic thought critiques the clash of civilizations theory proposed by Huntington, refuting claims of Islam as an enemy of the West.
  • The analysis reveals preconceived notions about Islam that underlie Huntington's theory, showing biases against Muslim perspectives.
  • Muslim thinkers provide insights into the philosophical and historical foundations of the clash of civilizations, questioning its validity.
  • The research highlights weaknesses in the theory, suggesting it misrepresents the relationship between Islam and Western civilization.

Abstract

This research deals with the position of contemporary Islamic thought on the theory of the clash of civilizations proposed by the American thinker Samuel Huntington.... This research also analyzes the opinions of Muslim thinkers on the system of this theory and its branches and philosophical, intellectual and historical foundations.... The research also sheds light on the weak points of this theory, which emphasizes that Islam as a civilization remains the supposed first enemy of Western civilization and refutes its claims.... The research reached the fact that Huntington had preconceived convictions about Islam... He also gave the West and American policy the intellectual basis for the post-Cold War era.

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Ahmed Mohsen (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d7a1314e48459cf3fe990chttps://doi.org/10.31272/ipj.i60.351
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