Radical Islam... Jihad... Death to infidels.....
http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-problem-radical-islam-091643745.html
The White House has shown a particular allergy to making any link between extremist violence and the religion that the terrorists claim to espouse. In his press conference in Antalya, Turkey, at the G20 summit last week, President Barack emphasized that “ISIL does not represent Islam. It is not representative in any way of the attitudes of the overwhelming majority of Muslims.”
But is that sufficient to answer people’s questions and anxieties – and are Democrats accurately diagnosing the problems facing the Middle East, whether the president, administration officials or presidential candidates?
It’s ironic that while U.S. officials and Democratic politicians refuse to say “radical Islam”, these very words, in fact, are commonly used in Arabic across the Middle East: Islam mutatarrif. When I asked a handful of friends in Beirut — Muslim and non-Muslim — what they thought of Democrats refusing to use those two words to describe what drives militant groups like the so-called Islamic State, they seemed puzzled by the apparent obfuscation.
So I asked a number of experts from the region who are based in the Middle East or in Washington if the Democrats are being too political correct, and if there is a potential downside to their rhetorical choices. This isn’t a comprehensive survey, but I was struck by the consensus around three key points.
http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-problem-radical-islam-091643745.html
The White House has shown a particular allergy to making any link between extremist violence and the religion that the terrorists claim to espouse. In his press conference in Antalya, Turkey, at the G20 summit last week, President Barack emphasized that “ISIL does not represent Islam. It is not representative in any way of the attitudes of the overwhelming majority of Muslims.”
But is that sufficient to answer people’s questions and anxieties – and are Democrats accurately diagnosing the problems facing the Middle East, whether the president, administration officials or presidential candidates?
It’s ironic that while U.S. officials and Democratic politicians refuse to say “radical Islam”, these very words, in fact, are commonly used in Arabic across the Middle East: Islam mutatarrif. When I asked a handful of friends in Beirut — Muslim and non-Muslim — what they thought of Democrats refusing to use those two words to describe what drives militant groups like the so-called Islamic State, they seemed puzzled by the apparent obfuscation.
So I asked a number of experts from the region who are based in the Middle East or in Washington if the Democrats are being too political correct, and if there is a potential downside to their rhetorical choices. This isn’t a comprehensive survey, but I was struck by the consensus around three key points.
