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Entry: The End of History? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_end_of_history#9010 Post contents: Hm, Scott, clearly you're not "bigoted", but perhaps there's just a margin of incongruity between your expressed disbelief in determinism in this post, versus your slight implication of determinism (or something close to it) in the other post. I agree with you almost 100 percent in this post - I too am hostile to all "deterministic thinking - but in the other post you come close to something ALMOST resembling determinism in your severe pessimism (which I share) about the prospects for Muslims to assimilate. Generally, most Muslims might have that tendency, but then one needs to refrain from ideological determinism, the belief that one's professed (or attributed or ascribed) beliefs inevitably determine his conduct. Being a Christian does not inevitably cause one to behave like Christ (understatement), and being a Muslim" does not determine behaviour either, although it does indicate some tendencies about which we can and should be pessimistic vis a vis Muslims' ability, or more importantly, willingness to assimilate. Sent at: 2008 10 15