On the other hand, she offers a powerful riposte to those who insist on the opposite: that the brewing clashofcivilisations is all the fault of Western misdeeds, for which no apology will suffice.
Against the background of pundits worrying about a clashofcivilisations, the descendant ofthe Prophet Muhammad has spent much ofthe past week schmoozing evangelical Christians.
British accounts provide rich illustrations oftheclash between two civilisations whose early interactions were dogged by their respective convictions of their own superiority and the barbarity ofthe other.