G.E. FULLER. A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM. New York-Boston-London: Little Brown and Company, 2010. 328 p.* The book by Graham E. Fuller, a professor at Simon Fraser University (USA), who previously served as Deputy chairman of the National Intelligence Council, attracts attention by its title. His earlier books, including The Future of Political Islam, were more academic in nature. His new work is frankly provocative: the author suggests imagining the development of the world without Islam, stating in advance that the results of world development will be exactly the same as with the presence of this world religion. And even if we assume the disappearance of Islam in the future, there will still be the possibility of civilizational conflicts and terrorist threats, which should not be thrown into "one basket with the inscription "Islam "" (p. 7). Indeed, the approach proposed by the author allows us to more correctly perceive the development of Muslim countries and assess the phenomenon of Islam in modern world development, as well as to protect ourselves from thoughtless and sweeping labeling of many negative or potentially dangerous phenomena, which may be based on a variety of reasons. G. Fuller continues the tradition laid down by E. Said in the famous work "Orientalism": consider the East as an integral part of European civilization and culture, ignoring the fact that the East is only a material part of European civilization. At the same time, it should be noted that the author openly polemics with the ideas of S. Huntington expressed in his sensational article and book "Clash of Civilizations", although he directly objects only to the statement "Islam has bloody borders". Fuller turns to the history of Islam, the emergence of various states in the Middle East region and the interaction of various cultures and peoples, starting with the Prophet E. G. Fuller. A world without Islam. New York-Boston-London: Little Brown & Co., 2010. 328 p. page 211Muhammad and ending w ... Read more