Courageously Calling it Correctly

Submitted by Gail Dalickas (United States), Nov 20, 2002 at 09:35

Mr. Pipes, I thought your article entitled "Know Thy Terrorists" was right on. I have become increasingly impatient and angered by the new "political correctness" that prevents people from calling an Islamic terrorist an Islamic terrorist. Those who insist that it's "not about Islam" forget that, for some Islamic terrorists, it IS about Islam. Many rely on their interpretation of Islamic scripture for the principle that peace can never be had with "the enemy", i.e. Israel. How much progress can be made against an attitude like that, flaunted in the name of Islam? Thank you for having the courage to speak out.

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