Sunday, February 19, 2006
Our Newest Op Ed
Europe's Eternal Confusion On The Muslim Question
- By Warner Todd Huston
I had occasion to see an Op Ed in the French newspaper Le Figaro that so exemplifies the reason the Europeans cannot understand the era in which we live that I thought it might be instructive to "fisk" it, or dissect it here.
The Op Ed was written by a French Muslim named Moncef Marzouki, a Tunisian writer and professor, and a former candidate in the Tunisian Presidential election. It can be found translated into English on watchingamerica.com. titled: Westerners Must Understand How Muslims Think .
Right away, the very title shows us that Mr. Marzouki is on the wrong road to "understanding" anything. The title itself is placing the onus on the West for "understanding" Muslims. It is clear just by the title alone that you are about to read an apologia for the excess of modern Islam. You won't be disappointed in that notion as you read either.....................
Click HERE To Read On
- By Warner Todd Huston
I had occasion to see an Op Ed in the French newspaper Le Figaro that so exemplifies the reason the Europeans cannot understand the era in which we live that I thought it might be instructive to "fisk" it, or dissect it here.
The Op Ed was written by a French Muslim named Moncef Marzouki, a Tunisian writer and professor, and a former candidate in the Tunisian Presidential election. It can be found translated into English on watchingamerica.com. titled: Westerners Must Understand How Muslims Think .
Right away, the very title shows us that Mr. Marzouki is on the wrong road to "understanding" anything. The title itself is placing the onus on the West for "understanding" Muslims. It is clear just by the title alone that you are about to read an apologia for the excess of modern Islam. You won't be disappointed in that notion as you read either.....................
Click HERE To Read On
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