February 23, 2015 | The Wall Street Journal

Try Not to Think of Jihad


By “choosing not to emphasize,” Zakaria means “falsely denying.” And while it is always a good idea to avoid giving gratuitous offense, it is unclear that America has much to gain by such extreme solicitousness of the feelings of nonextreme Muslims. It amounts to condescension, as Cliff May notes in a Washington Times column:

“At a recent National Prayer Breakfast, Mr. Obama told Christians not to get up on their “high horse” in light of all the “terrible deeds” committed “in the name of Christ.” What soft bigotry leads him to believe that while Christians should contemplate the link between their faith and the Inquisition, Muslims are incapable even of considering a connection between the Islamic State and the Islamic faith?”

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