Monday, June 8, 2009

What Muslim World?

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Even before U.S. President Barack Obama uttered a word of his long-anticipated June 4 address to "the Muslim world," there was already a problem with the rhetoric. As well meaning as it sounds, the term "Muslim world" is a trap.

There is no unified Muslim world. And describing it as such legitimizes the idea that it is "us vs. them" -- just the sort of divided world that al Qaeda wants to create...

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