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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Miss Kelly has an excellent post responding to this piece in today's Boston Globe: Hearts and minds:

American Muslims - Integrated, Frustrated or Radicalized?

The reporter compares Muslim communities in the U.S. and Europe, noting the usual things: American Muslims are wealthier and more educated than European Muslims, more integrated, and they come from more diverse backgrounds. We haven't seen nearly as many jihadi terrorist plots in the U.S. as in Europe. The story subheading reads "Drawn to ballots not bombs, America's Muslim community shows few signs of the radicalism seen in Britain. But with anger over US policies at home and abroad, a younger generation may be up for grabs." The reporter warns that while American's Muslim community shows little evidence of radicalism, there are signs that attitudes are shifting and U.S. foreign policies could be radicalizing Muslim youth...

Much more to read.

Always interesting to see who the press goes to to get analysis on "moderates." MPAC's Salam Al-Marayati is one:

Mr. Al-Marayati, like so many other American Muslim leaders, purveys an extremist political agenda that few people seem to notice or care about. Here are three elements of his radicalism: First, he wraps the American flag around some of the least attractive features of Middle Eastern life. In 1993, he memorably asserted that "When Patrick Henry said, 'Give me liberty or give me death,' that statement epitomized jihad [Islamic holy war]." In 1996, he made the silly and inaccurate observation that "American freedom fighters hundreds of years ago were also regarded as terrorists by the British." Mr. Al-Marayati's intent here is obvious: to render jihad and terrorism acceptable to Americans...

More on Al-Marayati.

Even Khaled Abou El Fadl, billed by the Globe as "an outspoken Muslim moderate" has a somewhat more complex background.

While you're at Miss Kelly's, also worth checking out is this entry: US Programs Effectively Fighting AIDS in Africa

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