Sowa, i think that this is the 'battle of civilizations' that we keep hearing aboot.
it hasn't been happening in real life so plans like P20G will make it happen.
that's why western special forces have been caught red-handed staging sectarian violence.
i started a thread on this awhile ago:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=31730
included in there, daniel pipes article.