Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East Mess
Tyrants, not borders, are the problem.
May 16, 2016
Doublespeak about mainstream Muslims.
London’s first Muslim mayor, the newly elected Sadiq Khan, is himself no Islamist, and in his public statement has made a habit of distinguishing those he calls “mainstream Muslims” from the “hardliners”; in recent years he has also come out as a supporter of gay marriage and even chastised the Labor party for the anti-Semitic tendencies of many of its members. Nonetheless, Benjamin Weingarten writes, Sadiq’s views give one pause:
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Doublespeak about mainstream Muslims.
London’s first Muslim mayor, the newly elected Sadiq Khan, is himself no Islamist, and in his public statement has made a habit of distinguishing those he calls “mainstream Muslims” from the “hardliners”; in recent years he has also come out as a supporter of gay marriage and even chastised the Labor party for the anti-Semitic tendencies of many of its members. Nonetheless, Benjamin Weingarten writes, Sadiq’s views give one pause:
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