East-West Clash Destined To Continue
Posted by Munir Umrani on September 19, 2006
Peter Philipp, Deutsche Welle’s chief correspondent and ”an expert on Middle East affairs,” according to the news outlet’s website, is of the opinion that “The latest events, which are on their way to becoming a new storm in the frequently mentioned and much discussed clash of cultures, should be buried as quickly as possible. The pope has made it clear that he didn’t mean what some people in Istanbul, Islamabad, Tehran and other places heard in his Regensburg speech.”
“Rather than leaving it to a Vatican spokesperson,” Mr. Philip said, ”he gave a public explanation himself. And that should have been the end of the newest conflict between the Muslim world and the “Christian Occident.”
To read the entire commentary, see “Opinion: Latest Clash of Cultures Should be Laid to Rest.”
By the way, I don’t think it will ever be laid to rest. A physical confrontation is inevitable.
