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Annan Opens First-Ever Seminar on Islamophobia With Plea Not to Judge Muslims by Acts of Extremists
What should we use to judge them, Kofi? Forced conversions? Honor killings? Their propensity for intolerance? Their propensity for either tin-hat dictators or rule by holy men? Dropping brick walls on homosexuals? Slavery? Genital mutilation? How about the elevated status of women in Islam as a whole? None of those are acts of terrorism per se. Instead, they're the cultural background that gives rise to terrorism's henchmen.
Like I say, if the fear's justified, it's not a phobia. I don't have a rabid dog phobia, but I'm afraid of rabid dogs. |
Posted by: Fred 2004-12-09 |
