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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-mahdi (as) and Opponents : the Dialectic of Complementarily and Contradiction The Shift of Importance From Ideology-religion Into Civilization-strategy This shift from emphasis on religion to civilization was lucrative, provided a wonderful opportunity and unleashed great energy for the masterminds behind the so-called \'New World Order\'.

Otherwise, no one would ever have implemented the civilisational factor within International affairs of state, as this term was nonexistent in the lexicon of International affairs.

According to Shirin Hunter in her article, entitled: The Post-Soviet International System and the Dialogue of civilizations\': 'Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 a new concept has been introduced into the lexicon of International affairs, namely that of 'civilizations' as actors on the International scene and, therefore, if not replacing, then competing with the nation state as the principal unit of the International system.

The idea was first introduced by Samuel Huntington in the context of his 'Clash of civilizations' theory.

According to this theory, civilisational incompatibility or affinity will be the main factor determining the nature of international and inter-state relations Moreover, this theory implies that rather than individual states interacting with one another -albeit at different levels, bilateral, multilateral etc.- it will be a cluster of states bound together by certain common values within the framework of a particular civilization, that will become the main actor.' Although she might be attempting to present his ideas, one has to state that, despite being a complex, learned and thought provoking work, his book introducing the Clash of Civilizations should in no way change the way one regards the international social and political order.

It is especially important to be wary of rushing into judgements while applying it to world events post-September 11th, 2001. The idea was indeed invented several years before this tragic so-called wake-up event. And the course and history for its background was meant to elaborate, or substitute the \'New World Order\' in the academic milieu. Huntington's book has been denounced by some Left-wings as being written by a right-winger and therefore, presumably, of no intellectual significance.

On the other hand S.