Rumi has given his robe to a man who claimed to bring greetings from Shams, his beloved friend. His disciples warns their master: the man was obviously lying. Rumi says, I know, I gave my robe to that lie; but if it was true, I would give my life instead.
Samuel Huntington, the writer of ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ article, imagines a disagreement between major cultures of the world. He suggests, for the future, a certain separation between civilizations that cannot be avoided. Through the centuries, a fault line between civilizations was created by the different views of God and man, the individual and the group, and so on. This line is also gradually growing because of the unbearable Western military, economic and cultural superiority to others. The line will not soon disappear because it is more fundamental than the separation created by political approaches.