About the crisis of Arab societies an open dialogue on modernity, democracy, and Islam

The resistance to the project of modernity and renaissance did not come from the peoples and societies or from their majority. But rather, as no rational person would overlook, it came from three main forces: Western imperialism first and foremost Israel, traditional semi-feudal Arab regimes second, and Arab social forces that were indeed harmed by the reformist modernization measures taken by national governments.