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Deadly Denial


(New York Post) - Daniel Pipes Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. national security adviser, described Malaysian prime minister Mahathir's comments as "hateful, they are outrageous." But she then added, "I don't think they are emblematic of the Muslim world." If only she were right about that. In fact, Mahathir's views are precisely emblematic of current Muslim discourse about Jews - symbolized by the standing ovation his speech received. In its attitudes toward Jews, the Muslim world today resembles Germany of the 1930s - a time when state-sponsored insults, caricatures, conspiracy theories, and sporadic violence prepared Germans for the mass murder that followed.
2003-10-31 00:00:00
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