Radical Islam will not become 'governing ideology'.Islamic extremism does not pose the same danger to the Western World the communist and fascist ideologies of the 20th century did, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michael Mandelbaum Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. , a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best author. "This ideology does not have the global appeal as the great ideological opponents of liberalism," Mandelbaum said at an Office of Naval Research The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia (Ballston), is the office within the U.S. Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. conference. "These ideas have no chance of taking over the power of the country, which is the necessary condition for opposing liberalism in a serious way. These ideas, such as they are, already have been tried and failed," namely in Afghanistan and Iran, he said. Radical Muslim ideas, he said, are doing better in some parts of the Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the than in others. "In the religious hearts of the Islamic world, or Arab world, there are no democracies, and there are no market economies," he said. In those countries, the conflict is not with America or the Western world, but between the moderates--"those who want Islam to be a thriving religion compatible with the modern world"--and the extremists, said Mandelbaum. "The extremists are noisy, and they clearly have sympathizers, but even that has led us to think that there is almost no country that has radical Islam as its governing ideology," he said. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. historically has undertaken the responsibility of defending the Western world against threats to liberal ideas, he noted. "By functioning as a democracy and as a free market economy ourselves, and more importantly, by defending other democracies and serving as the hub of a working thriving global economy, we help to keep that powerful example before the world," he said. "I believe it is that example which not only brought down communism, but which is drawing the world towards these ideas." He said the United States pays too much attention to "the outsiders, the rebels and the punks, [who] are noisy and dangerous." In his opinion, the vast majority of the world is willing to join "the international community of which we are a part." For example, Turkey is a democracy and a working free market, he said. "That should remind us that the Islamic world is not monolithic" |
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