Misreading the Legacy of Yitzḥak Rabin
Thanks to him, left and right have switched sides.
December 29, 2015
Turning Islam into a new taboo.
Historically, Amir Taheri notes, the U.S. has compiled an exemplary record of defending Muslims, from Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to ensure Arab independence after World War I through the defense of Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s. Yet this history has engendered little affection, and neither have contemporary efforts to combat the supposed danger of “Islamophobia”:
Thanks to him, left and right have switched sides.
A fundamental reversal.
Turning Islam into a new taboo.
The birth of Jewish studies.
Ill-defined movements are not growing ones.
Historically, Amir Taheri notes, the U.S. has compiled an exemplary record of defending Muslims, from Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to ensure Arab independence after World War I through the defense of Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s. Yet this history has engendered little affection, and neither have contemporary efforts to combat the supposed danger of “Islamophobia”:
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