The Policing Of The Discourse, Ctd


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It seems the British ambassador to Lebanon - as well as US allies King Abdullah of Jordan and prime minister Maliki of Iraq - are terror-supporters as well. I have absolutely no brief for Fadlillah - but to make a complicated point about a man who supported terrorism and who stood up for some modicum of dignity for women in Islam does not seem a firing offense to me. As Stephen Walt puts it:

This incident is also distressing because CNN wasessentially caving into a black/white, us vs. them...

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Published on July 08, 2010 17:46
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