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Malici: We must starve “clash of civilizations” narrative


Last updated December 11, 2015

By Tina Underwood

akan malici croppedWhile sensational and headline-grabbing, political rhetoric directed at Muslims “plays into the hands of terrorist propaganda that America is at war with Islam,” says Furman University Political Science Professor Akan Malici. He describes how feeding the “clash of civilizations” narrative is counterproductive to defeating ISIS, and urges us to focus on American democracy and values. Read more in the opinion piece Malici wrote for the Greenville Journal.

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