ABSTRACT
Much of the future energy resources that are easily available – oil and natural gas – are located in the Muslim civilization. But the plain truth is that this civilization is on a different course than the other civilizations of the world. The chief problematic of the Muslim world is the relationship between the secular and the sacred, the state and religion, government and the sect – in one word: the course of modernization. How the struggle over religion is settled in the Muslim countries will affect global prospects for the economy and peace.
