From Huntington to Trump by Jeffrey Haynes;

Author:Jeffrey Haynes;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
Published: 2019-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

The remarks in the above quotation were made by the then Alliance high representative, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, at the 7th Global Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in April 2016. They capture the concerns of the Alliance as expressed in the UNAOC’s foundational high-level group report, published in 2006. Yet, despite the Alliance highlighting such issues since its founding, some UN member states regard the Alliance as simply ineffectual, not worthy of close or sustained support, including consistent or sufficient financial backing (Author’s interviews with #25, 26, 65, 68). This reflects a perception that the Alliance is not effective in improving intercivilizational relations, including between Western and Muslim societies. In addition, despite the efforts of the Alliance, there is realization that violent extremism and terrorism are constant features of international relations today. A key Alliance objective, as set out in the 2006 high-level group report, was to address and seek to counter perceptions of injustice, inequality and alienation as a key means to counter violent extremism and terrorism. The report stated the following:

1.2 We also live in an increasingly complex world, where polarized perceptions, fueled by injustice and inequality, often lead to violence and conflict, threatening international stability…. Some political leaders and sectors of the media, as well as radical groups have exploited this environment, painting mirror images of a world made up of mutually exclusive cultures, religions, or civilizations […]

2.5 Poverty leads to despair, a sense of injustice, and alienation that, when combined with political grievances, can foster extremism. Eradication of poverty would diminish those factors… as called for in the Millennium Development Goals […]

3.13… Effective counter-measures cannot rely solely on attacking adherents of such ideologies…. The only durable solution lies in addressing the roots of the resentment and anger that make exclusivist and violent ideologies attractive in the first place. Nowhere have exclusivist ideologies, adversarial perceptions, cultural arrogance, and media stereotypes combined more dangerously with conflicts bred of perceived and real injustices than in relations between Western and Muslim societies.” (HLGR 2006: 3,5 10)

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