It makes a few interesting points.
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Islam is the means to slavery!
"Macho" Muslim men are insecure and need mob assurance to renew their faith.
"It is impossible to see how the cartoon wars have nudged the larger struggle in the right direction."
That's just plain wrong.
It has forced people that have hidden their heads for so long to actually see the truth of what these people are and what they believe.
Finally it is out in the open for even those who refuse to look.
"Yes, the editors were free to run the cartoons. But what greater good was served in doing so? As Khader and others have said, a struggle for the soul of Islam is under way in Europe. Victory could mean a new form of Islam, comfortable with secularism, pluralism, dissent and women's rights. Defeat is too awful to contemplate. It is impossible to see how the cartoon wars have nudged the larger struggle in the right direction."
We don't know the answer yet. But I don't think it's "impossible to see how the cartoon wars have nudged the larger struggle in the right direction."
I'm seeing clerics and groups of moderate muslims condemn the violent protests. That's good. Hopefully more who don't want to be associated with the radical elements will speak out.
This article seems to make more appeasement arguments than anything else. What greater good was served by publishing the cartoons, it asks? The implication is that this was a needless provocation.
The truth is, this has been the wakeup call that the Europeans desperately needed. That such a small thing could cause such mayhem has made clear that the muslim sword is at the throat of Europe.
Europeans are aligning themselves to fight back. It may have come in time to prevent a complete muslim takeover. Except for France, of course.