Is the Left Responsible for 9/11?
Jan 15, 2007
Clayton Cramer:
I share D'Souza's disgust with the left's focus on redefining selfishness and depravity as normality. There's no question that much of what passes for wisdom on the left offends Muslims (as much of it offends most Christians). But that's not what is driving this hatred. The February 2006 Smithsonian had a fascinating article about how Sayyid Qutb came to the United States, and was so horrified by the sexual immorality and materialism of Americans that he went back to Egypt--and eventually became a major influence on Osama bin Laden and Mohammed Atta.
Do read the rest of this excellent post.
It is certainly true that the Islamists loath the freedom of the West. Islamists, and Muslims in general, are closer to the religious right than the lunatic left. This does not mean that the Left in any way caused 9/11.
At the root of it is the refusal of the West to accept Islam. The very fact that there are people on Earth who live their lives as they please without a care about Allah and his court jester (PUBH) pisses off Islamists. (The entire Left can embrace conservatism today, and the core reason for Islamists will still be there.)
Of course, the venom is not spewed evenly among the infidels. On average, a Leftist is hated more than a right-winger. Similarly, the Shias, Ahmadis, Jews, and ex-Muslims are hated more than your vanilla kafir.
Just because the beliefs and activities of the mentioned "infidels" unleashes more anger and violence from the Islamists does not make those "infidels" responsible for the atrocities. Ultimately the problem is Islamists and their ideology.
Modifying our "bad" behavior to somehow please (or rather appease) them is completely the wrong way to go about it.
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