{"id":1373,"date":"1999-07-01T22:37:12","date_gmt":"1999-07-01T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2012-11-11T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T17:12:20","slug":"the-coming-transformation-of-the-muslim-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/the-coming-transformation-of-the-muslim-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coming Transformation of the Muslim World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/muslim799.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a><span class=\"varPubSum\"> by Dale F. Eickelman, July 1999. by permission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)<\/a>, Philadelphia, PA, USA. This essay provides insight into forces of change in Muslim societies that contain seeds of reconciliation with Western culture and political practice. It is worth taking note of the opportunities therein for relations of respect and peace, and for avoidance of the great &#8216;clash of civilizations&#8217; famously predicted by Samuel Huntington.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HTML version) by Dale F. Eickelman, July 1999. by permission of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), Philadelphia, PA, USA. 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