Huntington somehow gets away with the truth bomb: Islam and the West have been enemies for fourteen hundred years, and will continue to be for as long as both civilization exist.
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Replying to @Outsideness
Sorry to say but Islam is also BFFs with the Anglo world, and has been for 200 years.https://vajrin.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/lessons-for-hindus-learning-from-a-19th-century-anglo-saxon-study-of-islam-part-1/ …
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Replying to @i_contemplate_ @Outsideness
The hard-on that Victorians had for Islam is hard to overstate now. Kipling considered Hindus to be blathering idiots and Islam to be a 'comprehensible civilization'
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Replying to @i_contemplate_ @Outsideness
Always assumed this was less "Mosaic distinction" than continental politics: until the point you're dumb enough to invite them over to live in England, it makes perfect sense to paper over your differences with MENA in order to keep some friendly Mediterranean ports.
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Replying to @TristanSevers @Outsideness
The mosaic distinction hypothesis has support from other folks' words as well - like those of macaulay who recommended neutrality between H and M, but if forced to choose, side with M due to fellow 'Abrahamic civ'
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Dim solidarity, and all that.
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