Out of a cycle of ignorance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1814461,00.html
Anti-western feeling in the Muslim world isn't about our values and way
of life, but what we do
John Esposito
Friday July 7, 2006
The Guardian
As we remember the tragedy of the London bombings, voices in Europe and
America issue ominous warnings of an Islamic threat: the rise of
Eurabia, Londonistan and an Islamic caliphate. Recently, a prominent
political commentator warned: "Even as Christianity seems to be dying
in Europe, Islam is rising to shake the 21st century as it did so many
previous centuries." The Bin Ladens and Zarqawis of the world shape
perceptions of Muslims. How do we prevent the militant rhetoric and
actions of a minority from defining Islam and relations between Muslims
and the west?
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