Civilizational Conflict: Afghanistan In The Face of Europe-Oriented Islamic Movement

The longest and most protracted war in US history, the Afghan war, has ended and US troops have left Afghanistan, and the flow of Afghans has joined the “flood of the Islamic world” heading towards Europe. Civilizations that have existed for thousands of years in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia have, in recent years, been moving toward Europe in a dynamic flow, driven by politics, war, and the unbearable suffering of ordinary people. The influx of large numbers of Muslim refugees into the Western world—where anti-Islamic sentiment is widespread—has set in motion a historic convergence of two major civilizations. This has often been described as a clash of civilizations.