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Originally Posted by c312
no there hasn't been a strong indonesian showing of anger.
and when you say that the middle east is going to act differently than indonesia because they've been through different things, it proves my point. they can't all be lumped into the group that he lumps them into. Middle eastern muslims are different than indonesian muslims because they experience different things because of their different cultures/geographical location. Huntington's theory is too simple, the indonesians won't go to war just because the middle easter people with the same religion do, it won't happen.
Don't get me wrong, Huntington's theory has some good points to it that make sense, but I'm not gonna just beleive it because I read it so it must be true. There is a lot of controversy over his theory, I feel some people just read it and cite it to sound smart and think it's a unanimous opinion in the world and that it must be true.
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The Indonesian reaction IS strong, considering they have no other reason to have problems with western society. I bet if there hadn't been all this shit in the middle east recently then the middle eastern reaction would be the same or similar to the Indonesian reaction - but because they have more reason to hate westerners, there is a stronger reaction.
Huntingtons point is that islam and other group's morals and ideals conflict so drastically that if they're thrown in together, there will be hostilities...
That means that while there is a difference between the middle eastern muslim, and the asian muslim (a result of geography) its essentially the same group of people with the same ideals.
They may not side with them in a war now, but it is far to early to say - This is just the beginning of the division, as the western hate for islam breeds and vice versa, there will be more problems.
As soon as there is an issue regarding south-east asian muslims (There has already been a bomb or two aimed at westerners in Bali), then things will heat up and you'll see them side with middle eastern muslims, when they're catching hate from us westerners.
If there is an attack on Australia, it will most probably come from Indonesia, and thats when the shit will hit the fan, and Huntingtons theory will start to look pretty damn likely.