Gordon Brown's Phobia of Islamophobia

[monk222]

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It's funny. Now that we have a firmer leader in France with Sarkozy, it looks like we have a rather 'Frenchy' leader in Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, who seems to buy into the idea that Islamophobia is a bigger problem then the Islamist/jihadist terrorists:

Gordon Brown, has banned his ministers from using the word "Muslim" — and presumably "Islamic" or "Islamist" — in connection with the terrorist crisis. He has also put an end to the phrase "war on terror."

And Mr. Brown joins those who look upon terrorist incidences as criminal acts rather than acts of war. 9/11 or carjacking, what's the difference? When it comes to the inhumane butchery that we have read about today, the killing of Muslim school children, I guess that is just the reflection of different cultural values, and it would be wrong to judge under the enlightenment of cultural relativism as well.

Well, Mr. Brown is new and the Brits are eminently sensible people, maybe he will come around, especially as things promise to get worse with more 'crimes'.


(Source: Melanie Phillips for USA Today)

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Comments

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I didn't say merely not calling it a War on Terror is appeasing, but I was referring to the whole complex of buying into the line of blaming the West for their problems and arguing that such violence is hence justified, as well as not being as critical at some of the more objectionable practices in Islamist countries, such as executing gays or honor-killing women. And not appreciating that the terrorists use Islam as their ideological base is perhap appeasing, because it is only a fact that this is the case, and it is distortive to pretend that it isn't, though I appreciate the need to be sensitive not to say that Islam is an evil ideology.

With respect to how America may be taking a different perspective from that of India and (for now) Britain, it could have something to do with the fact that America has to take the lead against a global threat.