Ravi,

Excellent point.  "Political Islam" is an example of Islamophobia (Chapter
8).  Galloway's comment may be also, but I prefer to see the whole context
of what he wrote before I would judge.

Paul Z.

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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, ravi wrote:

> At around 13/6/06 2:54 pm, Jim Devine wrote:
> > On Jun 13, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
> >> > It is a fact that political Islam embraces terrorism.
> >
> > On 6/13/06, Doug Henwood  wrote:
> >> I think a lot of 9/11 conspiracists don't want to accept that as a fact.
> >
> > I've never understood this kind of idea, which is common among what
> > used be called "third worldists." Some see the US as the source of all
> > evil. But then, why did China and Vietnam come to blows?
> >
>
> What is "political Islam"? Does it include the Muslim League in India?
> Would this sentence also be valid if modified as "It is a fact that
> political Christianity embraces terrorism"? Or "political Judaism"? Or
> "political Hinduism"? (BJP/VHP/Shiv Sena/RSS).
>
> I am not a "9/11 conpiracist" but even I am unwilling to accept such a
> broad statement!
>
> Also, it seems to me: whether "political Islam" embraces "terrorism" or
> not, or whether 9/11 "conspiracists" accept that or not, does not say
> much about whether the 9/11 story is different from what we have been told.
>
>         --ravi
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