In the wake of the attack onCharlie Hebdo, Jerry Coyne sticks his neck out witha new piece about multiculturalism. The object ofhis ire is Reza Aslan, theMuslim scholar, who put in a performance at CNNthe other day during which he apportioned blame for Wednesday’s violence to France’s ostensible failure to embracemulticulturalism,rather than faulting thetenets of radical Islam.
After quoting Aslan’s words at length,Coyne observesthat there are two kinds of multiculturalism, one of which is tox...
Published on January 12, 2015 07:00