No joking, Samuel Hungtington's clash of civilizations had been strongly challenged by scholars such as Edward Said (professor of U of Columbia) ..."They argued that the "true clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and the West is caused by the Muslim rejection of the West's more liberal sexual values, rather than a difference in political ideology, although they note that this lack of tolerance is likely to lead to an eventual rejection of (true) democracy...."
Can't you believe this? I doubted it...