A longtime critic of the Huntingtonian paradigm, and an outspoken proponent of Arab issues, Edward Said (2004) also argues that the clash of civilizations thesis is an example of "the purest invidious racism, a sort of parody of Hitlerian science directed today against Arabs and Muslims" (p. 293).
Dugogodišnja kritika Hantingtonove paradigme i otvoreni predlagač arapskih problema, Edvard Sed (2004) takođe tvrdi da teza o sukobu civilizacija predstavlja primer „najčistijeg zlobnog rasizma, vrsta parodije Hitlerske nauke danas usmerene protiv Arapa i muslimana”(p.293).