In its edition of August 6, 1994, The Economist published what in local media parlance we call a supplement on “Islam and the West.” The 18-page pull-out by Brian Beedham was an anti-thesis of sorts to the famous thesis by the Harvard University professor of Politics, the late Samuel Huntington, that an apocalyptic clash was inevitable between Islam and the West.
“Are Muslims and the people of the West doomed to perpetual confrontation?” Beedham asked. “Not,” he answered himself, “if they both see that this is a moment for change.”………………………………………Full Article: Source