How Did The Arab Spring Refutes The Clash Of Civilizations?

Supporters of this hypothesis would claim that the protestors’ contradicting Huntington’s “cultural identity” proposition and provese that the Arab spring refutes the clash of civilizations. “The Arab uprising is led by…all strata of the population, including non-Muslims…the Islamic Identity of the Arab world is, somehow, not in the limelight” (Kamali, 2012). Emphasies on human rights and human dignity, rather than Islamic identity, were is the focus in the uprisings. It was claimed that most of the activists and participants in the uprisings, without neglecting their native cultural identity, have been fighting for their dignity and human rights, which stresses their ‘universal culture’. In fact, it was claimed, that their clashes with their Muslim tyrants over their human dignity and freedom reveal the alliance of cultures, rather than the clash of cultures. Kashefi claims Huntington curtails the meaning of culture: “If one limits the meaning of culture and
To support his Kashefi’s narrative, Kashefi he quotes the words of three activist leaders of the revolts. In their speeches they did not mention their cultural identity and religion as their motivation for the uprisings. Instead,Rather they emphasized human dignity and human rights in the acceptance speech: “…human rights campaigners in the Arab world. I have devoted myself to this task because I firmly believe human rights activists need to focus on supporting the people who live under repression and desire nothing more than to live in democracy.” According to Kashefi, the search for human dignity was a major causal factor and the core of the Arab