The writer comments on what he believes is an American attack on Islam that started with the September 11 disaster. He believes that Mr. Fukuyama has increased the discord between the West and Muslims by denying the ability of Muslims to make value-related and civilization-related distinctions from western modernism, secularism and consumerism. According to Fukuyama, Muslims do not have the right nor ability to forge a civilization, distinct from that of the West.