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The clash of civilisations, would, Huntington suggested, be acted out most violently on the boundaries between them. "Conflict along the fault line between Western and Islamic civilizations has been going on for 1,300 years," he noted, predicting that it would become "more virulent". But Islam's problems would not just be with the West. "Violence also occurs between Muslims, on the one hand, and Orthodox Serbs in the Balkans, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, Buddhists in Burma and Catholics in the Philippines," he wrote. "Islam has bloody borders.""<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101213/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3999461/Samuel-Huntington.html Samuel P. Huntington - Obituary], ''The Telegragh'', 2008</ref>}}

The clash of civilisations, would, Huntington suggested, be acted out most violently on the boundaries between them. "Conflict along the fault line between Western and Islamic civilizations has been going on for 1,300 years," he noted, predicting that it would become "more virulent". But Islam's problems would not just be with the West. "Violence also occurs between Muslims, on the one hand, and Orthodox Serbs in the Balkans, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, Buddhists in Burma and Catholics in the Philippines," he wrote. "Islam has bloody borders.""<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101213/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3999461/Samuel-Huntington.html Samuel P. Huntington - Obituary], ''The Telegragh'', 2008</ref>}}

Huntington is often referred to as a civilizational historian and built upon the work pioneered by [[Oswald Spengler]] and [[Arnold J. Toynbee]].  Despite the criticism Huntington received in the early days of the War on Terror as his work fell out of use in academic circles, two decades after the book first appeared many began to view the work as prophetic.

Huntington is often referred to as a civilizational historian and built upon the work pioneered by [[Oswald Spengler]] and [[Arnold J. Toynbee]].  Despite the criticism Huntington received in the early days of the War on Terror as his work fell out of use in academic circles, two decades after the book first appeared many began to view the work as prophetic.

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