On Sep 28, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Many liberals and
> leftists are shocked, shocked by Bollinger's belligerent introduction
> and media hysteria that surrounded Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia, as
> if they had never seen or participated in the demonization of the very
> same man and his country. Strange.
Since when is criticism the same as demonization?
> Now, about the rhetoric of fear of a Caliphate and political
> Islam. . . .
>
> If you want an example, look into a mirror: spreading a fear of a
> Caliphate, urging people to look to Fred Halliday for a history of
> "The Left and the Jihad," recommending a book review that
> misrepresents Joseph Massad's work as if it were the same as
> Islamists' message. . . .
I read the essay the book is based on, and the review seems like a fair representation of his argument to me.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood>
>
> The Muslim Brotherhood advocates the creation of Islamic governments
> eventually unified in Caliphate
They don't? Osama bin Laden doesn't long for that? One can find that distressing without calling for a cruise missile attack, you know.