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- adjective Alternative spelling of
civilizational .
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Examples
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January 30th, 2008 3: 13am yes, George, its called civilisational suicide and I expect it will change things subtly
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Since the idea of civilisational grace as having a thin skin, hardened attitude and aggrieved heart on the sleeve has often gone uncontested at the level of governance or political engagement, the calendar of art attacks has increasingly got crowded and diversified.
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Since the idea of civilisational grace as having a thin skin, hardened attitude and aggrieved heart on the sleeve has often gone uncontested at the level of governance or political engagement, the calendar of art attacks has increasingly got crowded and diversified.
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But you can count on your fingertips the number of Indian Muslims who've joined the so-called civilisational war against the West.
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But you can count on your fingertips the number of Indian Muslims who've joined the so-called civilisational war against the West.
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But he avoids the fallacy of absolutely discrete cultures, and it is refreshing to read a Muslim participating in a "civilisational" discourse that has usually targeted Muslims.
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Religious and ethnic chauvinism may be on the rise, but there is little evidence conflict is increasingly between "civilisational" blocs.
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Religious and ethnic chauvinism may be on the rise, but there is little evidence conflict is increasingly between "civilisational" blocs.
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The bigger question is this: if Islam Hadhari is meant to be this great 'civilisational' Islam that is progressive and able to cope with modernity, is this the way to do it?
RantingsbyMM 2008
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It is to be found in the ethical and philosophical framework of these relationships or, otherwise put, in the "civilisational" component that seems to regulate the patterns of cooperation and conflict in the Arab and Islamic world.
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