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March 26, 2011

"Making the world safe for Islamism."

As Niall Ferguson points out, when the allied intervention was announced, it was proclaimed from the minarets of Benghazi.
And the cry throughout the city was not "God bless America," but rather, "Allahu Akhbar!" Our media insist on spotlighting a small unrepresentative minority of Westernized, middleclass people with cellphones and Facebook accounts, when the primary, organized opposition to the Arab world's autocrats are Islamist imams. -- David Warren

Posted by Vanderleun at March 26, 2011 10:55 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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"Our media insist on spotlighting a small unrepresentative minority of Westernized, middle class people with cellphones and Facebook accounts, when the primary, organized opposition to the Arab world's autocrats are Islamist imams." -->Exhibit A: Egyptian cleric on referendum: "The ballot boxes said 'yes' to Islam...From now on, Islam will enter every aspect of our lives" -from MEMRITV, March 21 http://tiny.cc/dpeqo

Posted by: MizzE at March 28, 2011 1:40 PM

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