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THERE IS A RANGE OF FACTORS behind the foreign policies of Islamic countries, which include their geopolitical status, their international political and economic relations, their ideologies, and the interests of their ruling classes. Islam is one of these factors. Remarkably, while we don't use the phrase "European Christian civilization" to describe Europe, a relatively small continent, we do use the phrase "Arab-Muslim civilization" in reference to Muslim countries with the implication that Islam is a factor in their foreign as well as their home policies.
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