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A couple of decades ago I had occasion to attend a Seminar
organised by the Forum of Free Enterprise at the Fort Aguada B.R.
on emerging world political trends. It was attended by a galaxy of
intellectuals led by late Minoo Masani, Girilal Jain, Gen.Sundarji,
Rahul Singh etc.
A former Foreign Secretary (who had just been sacked by
Rajiv Gandhi and whose name I cannot presently recall) referred
to a fascinating thesis by a French writer predicting that the
great conflict of the 21st. Century would a repetition of the
Crusades after a lapse of 8 centuries, with a Christian Western
Europe confronting a Muslim East Asia.
This remarkable prediction appears to be turning out
to be true. With the re-election of President Bush pushing his
aggressive agenda backed by the Christian right against the
so-called Islamic fundamentalists, the rest of the world watches
aghast as Christian fundamentalists face-off Islamic fundamentalists,
with little thought of the consequences for the rest of the world!
---Tony Correia-Afonso.
