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Sanity Versus The New McCarthyism

Written by Mustafa Akyol on September 8th, 2006

The understandable concerns Westerners have today about radical Islamism sometimes goes to awkward extremes. Some self-styled “experts” on Islam argue that radical Islamism is equivalent to the Muslim faith and that all Muslims are inherently hostile against other cultures. This new type of McCarthyism is actually the mirror image of radical Islamism, because it depicts “the other side” as a monolithic enemy, whereas it is in fact exceedingly diverse.
In a recent online symposium organized by The FrontPage Magazine, a Mr. Fjordman gives a perfect example of this narrow understanding of Islam

 

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