NO Islamic-Other "Clash Of Civilizations"

There is NO “Class Of Civilizations” between the West and Islam for the very simple reason that “Islam” is not a civilization nor is it civilized. Some maintain that Islam had its own “golden” age. If so, it was built on the foundations of Indian, Egyptian, Greek and the pre-Islamic Middle-Eastern thoughts and accomplishment---An as such as did flourish was destroyed by those who insisted on a return to Mohammed's teachings as based on war, murder, rape, genocide, robbery and all of the other horrid practices taught by that desert bandit, liar and sexual predator.

Although all real civilizations (Please see below) have had their times-of-horrors (eg The “religious” wars of the 1600s, the thuggee in India and Mao's abuse of the Chinese People), only Islam declares the practice of evil as an unalterable article-of-Faith, claiming such teachings to be the word of God (ie Allah).

What are the lasting and true civilizations of this world? They appear, by many proofs, to be that of the West, of China and, perhaps, of India. These are the root sources of retaining old knowledges and of creating new knowledge. These are the sources of art, music, science, non-theological political theory and experiments and other like, creative, gifts of the human mind and spirit.

Since I know the West best, it is easy to point our the basis of its civilization in the thoughts of the Jews, classical Greeks, the Christian founders of the West's universities (The first and only true model for that force-of-thought, with their very Christian philosophies) and the practical borrowings from outside of Europe. The languages of the West, from the exactness of Greek and German to the poetry of Iberian languages to the incredible flexibility of English have all contributed to the success of the West as an economic, military and exploring (Lands AND ideas) culture and civilization.

China's intellectual, artistic and, for a short time, technological creativity are all based on the family-as-the-basic-unit concept so much emphasized by Confucius---And, only slightly modified by the potential compassion and “right thinking/actions” of Buddhism, the mysticism of Taoism and the materialism of Mao (After Marx). The Chinese languages seem to lend themselves, in a special way, to the study of Physics and related arts and sciences. Certainly, the Chinese have given us some of the greatest art and crafts in human history and have, in recent years, integrated their rich musical history with that of the West.

I know far less about India and its culture(s?). However, the rich music, art, philosophies and other gifts of that sub-continent are well known to most.

The West, China and India are all true civilizations. They may compete economically or in other manners; But, they do NOT clash.

Islam has only taken (Too often by force) from others, creates nothing but hate and cannot be considered a civilization—Clashing or otherwise competing with real civilizations.