Juan Cole has a critique in Salon of the anti-Islamic rhetoric of the GOP candidates. As he notes, President Bush effectively turned American Muslims into Democrats. How much difference it will make beating up on “Islamofascism” and its cognates is not yet clear. But given that Americans remain honor-bound to respect Islam as a legitimate religion, there’s a limit on how much of a rallying cry, a la anti-Communism, it can be–at least in my view.
Islamobashing
Juan Cole has a critique in Salon of the anti-Islamic rhetoric of the GOP candidates. As he notes, President Bush effectively turned American Muslims into Democrats. How much difference it will make beating up on “Islamofascism” and its cognates is not yet clear. But given that Americans remain honor-bound to respect Islam as a legitimate […]
