Given the situation in the world today, some thinkers have advanced the theory of a “clash of civilizations”. It is a fact that the gap between the quickening “liberalisation” of the Western cultures, as well as the attitude of the Western world regarding its position in the world are creating an adverse reaction and hardening of conservatism in many countries and religious groups, particularly within Islam.
Many scholars attribute both the increased relaxation or removal of the religious and moral guard-rails and the resurgence of conservative attitudes as a realization of the prophecies portending the time of the end, when mankind is nearing the expiration of the time it has been given before the cataclysmic events described in the scriptures.
Quran Perspective 