Saturday, November 10, 2007

ny rev of books: How to Understand Islam (November 8, 2007)

nov 10th, 2007

several book reviews and a good thread connecting them.

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The New York Review of Books
November 8, 2007
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20800?email

How to Understand Islam
By Malise Ruthven

In the immediate aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001,

President George W. Bush visited the Islamic Center in Washington,

where he told his audience, 'These acts of violence against innocents

violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith.... The face of

terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all

about. Islam is peace.' In Britain his sentiments were echoed by Prime

Minister Tony Blair, who told the Arabic newspaper al-Hayat: 'There is

nothing in Islam which excuses such an all-encompassing massacre of

innocent people, nor is there anything in the teachings of Islam that

allows the killing of civilians, of women and children, of those who

are not engaged in war or fighting.'

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