The learned, cultured, and radiant traditions of earlier centuries seem to have vanished. Having missed their economic takeoff, many Muslim-majority countries appear open to the call of Islamist fundamentalism.
当然，马里并非唯一一个面临原教旨主义者暴动的国家。此类暴力行为在当代伊斯兰危机中稀松平常。过去几百年中学习、培育和发展出来的传统似乎已经消失殆尽。失去经济起飞机会的许多穆斯林多数国家似乎正在敞开胸腓接受伊斯兰原教旨主义的召唤。