Source: Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Phillips Huntington
He believes that some of the factors contributing to this conflict are that both Christianity (upon which Western civilization is based) and Islam are:
1) Missioanry religions, seeking conversion by others
2) Universal, "all-or-nothing" religions, in the sense that it is believed by both sides that only their faith is the correct one
3) Teleological religions, that is, that their values and beliefs represent the goals of existence and purpose in human existence.
These conflicts may result from a number of causes, such as: relative influence or power (military or economic), discrimination against people from a different civilization, intervention to protect kinsmen in a different civilization, or different values and culture, particularly when one civilization attempts to impose its values on people of a different civilization.
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