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July 15, 2005
The Threat of Timidism?
On her blog yesterday, Brittney at Nashville is Talking mentioned this solid Nashville Scene piece by Randy Horick called "Where's the Outrage?".
A few lines:
"Even though it's terribly disturbing that so many of the recruits for suicide bombings in Iraq appear to be Westernized, European Muslims, I remain as certain as before that only a small minority of Muslims think such terrorism is justified. The vast majority want to live peacefully with the West.
Yet, when I consider what I hear and what I don't hear, I start wondering whether I've been listening too much and failing to ask hard questions—like why the Islamic response to Islamic terror seems to be so timid, especially among Muslims who live in the West and share with us the common bond of freedom.
Despite what I really believe, I inevitably find myself asking whether Islam is somehow intrinsically incompatible with the modern West. I wonder why Islam never produced a Palestinian Gandhi or MLK, whose nonviolent resistance would have brought about a Palestinian state years ago."
| By colrus | 09:16 AM
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