Some believe that we are experiencing a new kind of conflict: “culture wars,” such as those between Sunni and Shiite Muslims or tribal groups in Africa and Asia, or indeed Islamists and Westerners. However, the deeper reasons for some of these conflicts may well be more traditional.
现在是暴力频发时期。有些人相信我们正面临一场新型种类的冲突，也就是所谓“文化战争”，例如逊尼派与什叶派穆斯林之间的冲突，或者非洲和亚洲各种族部落之间的冲突，或者伊斯兰教主义者与西方之间的冲突。然而，这些冲突的深层原因却很有可能更为传统。