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Introduction The Clash of Civilisation (Samuel P. Huntington, 1993) explained the battle of civilisation between nations, races and religions because of three reasons: 1) ideology, 2) economy and 3) power. He analysed and studied the history of civilisation that happened started from Islamic civilisation until Western civilisation in the year 1993. Then, he came out with the solution and his hypothesis which is: “For the relevant future, there will be no universal civilization, but a world of different civilizations, each of which will have to learn to coexist with the others”. Hence, the writer agrees and supports this hypothesis from the Islamic perspective and will elaborate on this statement in this short essay. Article Review: The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P.Huntington By: Muhammad Nur Farhan bin Zamziba ISTAC-IIUM dan Prof. Madya Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat Ali Yusuf ISTAC-IIUM A World of Different Civilizations As we know, there are many civilizations around the world, and each of these is still alive, and the rest remains history. Samuel said a world of different civilizations makes the world disaster and torment. Every civilization has owned its ideology that needs to be protected and used, so, to achieve its ideology, it must hold the economic strength and military power. This causes, 1) differences among civilization are not only real, 2) the world became smaller 3) the processes of economic modernization and social changes, 4) role by West, 5) Ideological conflict and 6) increasing in economic regionalism (Samuel, 1993). That’s why the clash of civilizations happened from time to time and as a result at the present time, the world is separated into three groups which are 1) first world countries, 2) second world countries and 3) third world countries. Before Samuel, there are scholars, which already discussed regarding this matter. For example, Ibn Khaldun (d:1407). He used the word of asabiyyah , refers to the groups, society, and tribe. The asabiyyah will form the umran (civilization) according to their needs and niches (Muqaddimah ibn Khaldun and Abdul Qayuum, S. Salahudin, Rawi, “The ‘Umranic Thoughts of Ibn Khaldun,” Afkar Special Issue 1 (2020): 113-136). 15