A very impressive paper of critical thinking. I don't always agree with your opinions but I can't fault the method. I wonder if those who argued that cultural conflict between Muslim and Western civilizations cannot be partly explained by common and traumatic history; would apply this same reasoning to an explanation of their own history and its effect on their contemporary culture? In dealing with an ascendant Islam, we had better find a appropriate theoretical framework to allow us to critically interact with Islam; our history of interaction as two civilisations is one tool to understand the values and attitudes of contemporary Islamic culture.