Dr. Pipes is himself the victim here --- of Leftist denial

Submitted by Technomerican (United States), Feb 22, 2006 at 00:30

I wonder if the core of the problem is that anyone who advances ideas which poke holes in the new colonisation of project of the international Left is deemed to be a closet nazi and in league with others also assigned this label.

Mass immigration of muslims to Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia is seen as tremendously important to many on the Left. Denial of Islam's anti-western and anti-democratic nature has to be maintained at all costs. In the twisted world of the Left, the Islamic anti-blasphemy riots sparked by the exercise of free speech must be ascribed to the sinister workings of a conspiracy rather than analysed for what they actually are: evidence that the teachings of Islam are incompatible with free speech and free press -- cornerstones of Western Democracy.

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