"Islamofascism's Ill Political Wind," a Commentary by James Carroll

January 21, 2008

Author: James Carroll

Source: International Herald Tribune

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/opinion/21iht-edcarroll.1.9374931.html?searchResultPosition=1

The unfolding U.S. presidential elections are laying bare what the real dangers are in the new American condition. They come not from our political divisiveness, economic uncertainty or military insecurity - but from our religious character as a people, which, in this case, is not positive. Religious intolerance marks one candidate debate after another - a sweeping denigration of Islam. And it is going to backfire.