Based on The Clash of Civilization by Samuel P. Huntington, it is believed that the future of this world is on the basis of civilization which can be subdivided into culture and religion. The future conflicts, arguments and differences are basically on the level of human fundamental component itself which is civilization. There will be no longer conflict about economy, nationality or ideas, but the core of those aspects. This future projection is made based on the transformation process that entire human civilization had gone through and the indicator is war. Generally, historically proven, the war in this world had changed from the fight between the rulers to the fights between nationalities then to the fights between ideologies and also to
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Huntington and supported by Fouad Ajami in his latest view. These flaws are discussed by Edward W. Said in The Clash of Ignorance. In this article, Said mentioned that the notions of “civilization identity” and “the interactions among seven or eight [sic] major civilization” that are introduced by Huntington are vague. Said also disagrees with the methodology that Huntington uses in deriving the facts as Huntington just relies on the article by the veteran Orientalist Bernard Lewis in The Root of Muslim Rage. Besides, Said believes that these two articles intensity the small spark of problem between the major entities which are Muslim and the West as if it is the most complicated issue in the modern culture. This is due to the idea what Islam is all about is in the eye of orientalist which leads towards false definition and interpretation. He also proposes that Huntington and Lewis have done not enough studies on the interaction between these entities. This eventually supported by “Who will Speak for Islam” as Islam is assumed to be this or that way based on the action of certain group of people without considering the majority and the fundamental of Islamic teaching itself (Eposito and
Huntington and supported by Fouad Ajami in his latest view. These flaws are discussed by Edward W. Said in The Clash of Ignorance. In this article, Said mentioned that the notions of “civilization identity” and “the interactions among seven or eight [sic] major civilization” that are introduced by Huntington are vague. Said also disagrees with the methodology that Huntington uses in deriving the facts as Huntington just relies on the article by the veteran Orientalist Bernard Lewis in The Root of Muslim Rage. Besides, Said believes that these two articles intensity the small spark of problem between the major entities which are Muslim and the West as if it is the most complicated issue in the modern culture. This is due to the idea what Islam is all about is in the eye of orientalist which leads towards false definition and interpretation. He also proposes that Huntington and Lewis have done not enough studies on the interaction between these entities. This eventually supported by “Who will Speak for Islam” as Islam is assumed to be this or that way based on the action of certain group of people without considering the majority and the fundamental of Islamic teaching itself (Eposito and