What should we use to judge them, Kofi? Forced conversions? Honor killings? Their propensity for intolerance? Their propensity for either tin-hat dictators or rule by holy men? Dropping brick walls on homosexuals? Slavery? Genital mutilation? How about the elevated status of women in Islam as a whole? None of those are acts of terrorism per se. Instead, they're the cultural background that gives rise to terrorism's henchmen.
Like I say, if the fear's justified, it's not a phobia. I don't have a rabid dog phobia, but I'm afraid of rabid dogs. |
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