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04-16-2005, 09:34 PM
U.S. and Islam: Clashing or talking democracy?
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=88176
The DailyStar - 16/04/2005
By Rami G. Khouri
DOHA, Qatar: Is the Western-Islamic clash of civilizations being replaced by a meeting of minds? Maybe. When 150 leading scholars, politicians, activists and scientists from the United States and Islamic countries held three days of discussions here this week at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, they identified democratic reform and other issues on which they seemed to agree that joint action or further shared analysis was needed. This marks a noticeable shift away from the first two forums and other such gatherings, where bitter acrimony and accusations tended to define the encounters. ...
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=88176
The DailyStar - 16/04/2005
By Rami G. Khouri
DOHA, Qatar: Is the Western-Islamic clash of civilizations being replaced by a meeting of minds? Maybe. When 150 leading scholars, politicians, activists and scientists from the United States and Islamic countries held three days of discussions here this week at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, they identified democratic reform and other issues on which they seemed to agree that joint action or further shared analysis was needed. This marks a noticeable shift away from the first two forums and other such gatherings, where bitter acrimony and accusations tended to define the encounters. ...