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June 22, 2016

Reasoning Islamic Terror Away

Terrorists can’t be Muslims, unless they aren’t Muslim enough.

President Obama, John Kerry, and a number of left-wing pundits have been in the habit of pronouncing Islamic State (IS) “not Islamic.” Now, in the rush to downplay the connection between the massacre in Orlando and radical Islam, some commentators have invoked the perpetrator’s impiety as reason to doubt his connection to IS in the first place. Abe Greenwald spots the contradiction:

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June 22, 2016

  1. Reasoning Islamic Terror Away

    Terrorists can’t be Muslims, unless they aren’t Muslim enough.

  2. Denying Iran’s Nuclear-Weapons Program (Cont’d.)

    The U.S. doesn’t want to find out.

  3. The State Department’s Syria Revolt

    An expression of anguish and disgust.

  4. Is Music the Purpose of Humanity?

    An inventive reading of Chronicles.

  5. Primo Levi in Postwar Germany

    Ruffling sensibilities.