Does what's happening in France these days and what‘s expected to happen in the coming days all over Europe, indicate that Huntington is still alive and his predictions are coming true? If this is the case, then who stands to benefit from re-igniting the clash of civilizations and manipulating religion in a way that threatens world peace and security now and until only God knows when. The September 11 incident happened just over 13 years ago, and we imagined that the likelihood of a clash of cultures, civilizations and ethnicities had become quite remote. It is obvious though, that there are those who summon these conflicts in a persistent and compulsive way. They want to force us to maintain obsolete traditions and confrontational attitudes that belong to the past. We have overlooked the fact that ideas have wings and can move freely in space. They cannot be destroyed neither do they appear out of nowhere. They are just like matter but they are probably more mobile and powerful. The Charlie Hebdo incident is hiding hateful intentions which will soon be unmasked, signaling the start of fearful religious and military confrontation. The fodder for the first of these confrontations, (the religious one), will be the Arab and Islamic communities. The majority of the people belonging to these communities have nothing to do with what happened. Do you know what Olivier Rouaud, the French author and researcher who specializes in Islamic affairs, has said? He believes that focusing on the Charlie Hebdo killers and their false claims that they were acting as pious Muslims, will camouflage the fact that the vast majority of French Muslims respect the laws and culture of the French Republic; and Islamic organizations in France resort to legal and nonviolent procedures when facing what seems be institutionalized discrimination. So who is manipulating the Islamists? Should we not also pose a question as to who is driving the dyed in the wool secularists to take up an extreme opposing stance that is sure to provoke a calamity? The real catastrophe facing Europe is the war of ideas rather than the terrorist operations. Terrorist ideas breed acts of terrorism and intellectual terrorism is a prelude to material and physical terrorism. Huntington and his supporters have prepared the ground well for a "Clash of Savagery" rather than a "Clash of Civilizations". We can see the false prophecies fulfilling themselves, for the benefit of a group that is standing apart, watching and waiting to garner the spoils, once the whole region has gone up in flames. Therefore, the enemy is not terrorism; it is the idea that has produced it. Deterring people who are prepared to die is a difficult task, as is eliminating ideas; while erasing religious ideas is well-nigh impossible. If these ideas are to fade out, this cannot be achieved unless they are replaced by more attractive ideas. Remember that Martin Luther's ideas led to a 130-year-long religious war in Europe. This is an alarming precedent. We have heard nothing from the American religious fundamentalists in the United States. Maybe they are preoccupied with preparing for something more serious than word duels and media battles. There are definitely those who are making thorough preparations for the post- ideological confrontation stage, that is, for the military confrontation that will be the consequence of the European attacks. Conspiracy is part of history, but not all of history is a conspiracy. Is there an attempt to reproduce the 11 September scene once again? It is certain that there are those who are manipulating Islamic extremists, religious fascists and ultra-secularists in Europe, and the worst is yet to come. There are signs that a struggle is imminent and that the violence will escalate. Unfortunately, there is certain to be a Huntington revival
