Truth is a very difficult commodity to protect

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Jun 23, 2012 at 14:37

Dear Dr Pipes,

While we all will like to believe that the truth must always prevail, in reality, truth is extremely fragile. Consider the belief perpetuated by Mr Waltz (and many others) that "Israel's nuclear monopoly has fueled instability in the Middle East". What are the chances that Israel will still be nuclear state if we magically remove Islamic countries around Israel and replace them with western democracies or culturally Hindu-Buddhist nations? Israel's nuclear capabilities --if they exist-- are not the cause of middle eastern instability but its effect. I have heard Jews talk and I have seen them act. I have also heard Islamists talk and I have seen Islamists act. I have never felt threatened by a Jew and I have rarely felt not threatened by an Islamic politician.

The fact of the matter is that the main purpose of a predominantly large number of Muslims is to create an Islamic hegemony over everyone else. Not only Israel is not responsible for middle eastern instability, but also Islamists are responsible for instability in every part of the world where they exist.

But we need to be hopeful. In the last decade or so, the number of genuine muslim graduate students and scholars in the universities around the world has gone up. Recently there was a news story about a math olympiad for girls in Saudi Arabia. In this information age, Islamists will not be able to keep the Muslims in dark for too long. Spreading literacy, knowledge, and awareness will end the darkness that prevails in Islamic regions.

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