John asks (all further blockquotes will be from the linked comment): [W]hy make the claim that [the Islamophobes’] approach is useless or dangerous…? By now I’ve written fairly extensively on what I think is wrong with an Islamophobic approach, and…
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Cost of Islamophobia 3 – Islamism and Modernity
John asked for me to address the following point: [N]otwithstanding all the sects and interpretations of Islam that evolved in the agrarian age, all the relatively peaceful local practises mediated by saints, shrines, and the pragmatic needs of Islamic societies,…
The Cost of Islamophobia 2: The Goo Goo Genocidaires Vs The Lying Hatemongers
Walter Russell Mead was one of the two writers I quoted with respect and approval in yesterday’s “The Cost of Islamophobia” post, as I believed his analysis of Turkey’s predicament supported the insistence on distinctions between different types of political,…
Posted in Religion, War Tagged with: Appeasement, Arab Middle East, Iran, Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, Turkey, Walter Russell Mead, War
Fight Them All Together, The Sequel: On Allahpundit's Questions
Citing the New York Post in a post at HotAir, Allahpundit discusses apparent links between Cordoba Initiative founder Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and the “Gaza flotilla.” As AP is creditably careful to note, the linkage at this point remains tenuous: …
Fight Them All Together II: On Allahpundit’s questions
Citing the New York Post in a post at HotAir, Allahpundit discusses apparent links between Cordoba Initiative founder Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and the “Gaza flotilla.” As AP is creditably careful to note, the linkage at this point remains tenuous: …
Posted in Politics, Religion Tagged with: Cordoba House, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamism, Jihadism, Park Place Cultural Center
Fight Them All Together: The Conservative Reaction to the "Ground Zero Mosque"
Why this building, there? Leaving aside some melodrama – “insane,” “looming horror,” “surrender” – that question sums up much conservative reaction to Cordoba House, a.k.a. “The Ground Zero Mosque,” a project of the the Cordoba Initiative (CI) that last week…
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Why this building, there? Leaving aside some melodrama – “insane,” “looming horror,” “surrender” – that question sums up the reaction to Cordoba House, a.k.a. “The Ground Zero Mosque,” a project of the the Cordoba Initiative (CI) that last week added…
Posted in International Relations, Religion, War Tagged with: Bin Laden, collective guilt, Cordoba House, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamophobia, Rick Barber, Rod Dreher, War
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in Manhattan
I don’t see a good reason to be against the building of a mosque/cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero. In fact, the arguments in favor sound quite reasonable to me. But, then again, I don’t hate and fear Islam. …