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...about the ruthlessness of the Taleban, Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, and the oppression of women in Muslim nations. As long as the front pages of our newspapers run such stories, the mere association of terrorists with Islam--the mere usage of the terms Islamic fundamentalist or Islamic extremist--threatens to further exacerbate the cleavage between Muslims and the West...
...there is no intent to associate "Muslims" with "Muslim fundamentalists." After all, we use the term "fundamentalist" or "extremist" not just with Muslims, but also other religions: we often refer to religious cults as "Christian fundamentalists...
...right hand is a Koran, in my left hand is a knife." As the audience applauds, Chairman Arafat is seen tenderly kissing her on the cheek for her performance. Can any rational person blame the Israelis for questioning Arafat's true intentions? Although, to be sure, there are extremist elements in Israel who have caused much harm, such pervasive, state-encouraged hate simply does not exist, nor could it, in a democratic society...
Although Arafat may have made a genuine effort to appeal to both sides, the fact remains that he has failed on both counts. To the West, he is an extremist who would not agree to the Clinton-Barak peace proposal. To an increasing number of Arabs and Muslims, he is a spineless tool of the enemy who conceded to the Oslo Accords and who refused to allow the PNA police force to protect Palestinian children even as they were being mowed down by professional Israeli soldiers and helicopter gunships...
...Sharon's advisers have built an image of their candidate as a man of peace. Hard peace, perhaps, but a peace that makes sense to Israeli voters who are disappointed with Prime Minister Ehud Barak. It's an image deeply at odds with Sharon's reputation as an ironfisted, extremist adventurer, the man most associated with Israel's disastrous war in Lebanon and with the defiant Jewish settlements in the West Bank...