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...sense, they are correct. It is impossible to deny that aspects of U.S. foreign policy—in particular our support of fundamentalist guerilla fighters in Afghanistan during their war with the Soviet Union and tolerance of the extreme interpretation of Islam being taught by Wahhabism-based schools in Saudi Arabia—contributed to the development of radical Islamist sentiments throughout the Muslim world. It is clear that in encouraging pan-Islamism to exorcize the Soviet demon, we helped create the Islamist demon of today...
...confronting are extraordinarily complex and multifaceted, whereas the intellectuals would have us believe that our policies are almost solely responsible for the widespread political and moral turmoil in the Muslim world today. Very few professors I have heard have asked the question, “What is unique about Islam that is creating this violence?” or, “Why are all but one Islamic country undemocratic?” There is a basic—and misguided—assumption that if something is wrong it must be America’s fault...
...past, Islam was more tolerant than the West, and Westerners had much to learn from Muslims. As Europe stumbled through the Dark Ages, it was the Muslim world that was the bearer of classical learning. While European civil society was virtually non-existent, Muslims were making important discoveries in mathematics and medicine. But the present is what occupies us; today the least free and most potentially destabilizing states of the world are disproportionately Muslim. Berlusconi did not say that Christianity or the West is intrinsically better than Islam, but that the institutions created in modern Western countries are better than...
...dedicated commitment to rebuilding Afghanistan will also prove that U.S. strikes against the Taliban are not the initial salvos in Osama bin Laden’s distorted dream of a war that pits Islam against the West. An enduring peace will be secured best by winning the support and sympathy of Muslims throughout the world. As we use our might and our wealth to bring stability and prosperity to the people of Afghanistan, our leaders must call upon the governments of Islamic states to publicize our humanitarian efforts and plead America’s case to their own citizens...
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