One of my Muslim friends writes:
Remember when I was telling you about ‘moderate’ and ‘liberal’
Muslim reformers? Well the suspicion is that they’re lionized for their views about
Israel. Here’s one that liberals and Zionists love: Irshad
Manji, published in the Globe and Mail in Canada.
Muslim reformers? Well the suspicion is that they’re lionized for their views about
Israel. Here’s one that liberals and Zionists love: Irshad
Manji, published in the Globe and Mail in Canada.
“I'm
reminded of this encounter [with a Gaza cleric who defended suicide bombing] as the world watches another Mideast crisis unfold,
and otherwise liberal Muslims fall into the tribal trap of sanitizing Islamic
extremism while condemning Israeli actions.”
reminded of this encounter [with a Gaza cleric who defended suicide bombing] as the world watches another Mideast crisis unfold,
and otherwise liberal Muslims fall into the tribal trap of sanitizing Islamic
extremism while condemning Israeli actions.”
Note that the morally neutral term 'crisis' gets evoked and Muslims
are tribal–not Jews–and Israel
isn’t to be condemned. This is really propaganda and has no connection with
reality on the bloody ground. The problem according to her and Jeffrey Goldberg is that
this is a theological conflict not political. It's the argument of a Bernard
Lewis or a Benyamin Netanyahu.
are tribal–not Jews–and Israel
isn’t to be condemned. This is really propaganda and has no connection with
reality on the bloody ground. The problem according to her and Jeffrey Goldberg is that
this is a theological conflict not political. It's the argument of a Bernard
Lewis or a Benyamin Netanyahu.
