The position of contemporary American political thought of political Islam

Volume 6, Issue 1
Spring 2015
Pages 175-200

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Abstract
Form of political Islam in the perceptions held by decision-makers in American politics obsession dominated by fear and confusion of Islam in being a (new Green Peril), which replaced (red communist threat), this was a concern based on the cultural background of historical indirectly contributed to the portrayal of Islam as a new threat that the United States should provide all the energy to confront it.

   And emerged after the Cold War, many theses tried to explain the future of international relations after the war and wanted to maintain this Western superiority and the success in defeating communism and the mainstream capitalist-style liberal West, was my thesis (end date) and (clash of civilizations) from months raised to explain relations international after the cold war, and they walked in different directions: the first optimistic (end date) and who believes that history will stop at the stage represents the triumph of liberal democratic capitalism of the West on the other ideologies in the global arena, and the second: pessimist (clash of civilizations) and who sees that civilization Western will collide with cultures that are threatened, especially Islamic civilization, but eventually will be in the interest of Western civilization that excel culturally and militarily to the Islamic civilization.

   In summary it shows that the ideology espoused by decision-makers in American politics is a reflection of the American public for a look that you see that Islam is a threat to Western interests in general and American interests in particular.
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  • Receive Date 01 June 2015
  • Revise Date 20 June 2015
  • Accept Date 25 June 2015