Letters
Double standards in critique of Islam
01 May 2005
Dear Sir
Like many commentators, Jonathan Freeland ignores the lack of a level playing field. Muslims refuse to apologize for the regular demonisation of Jews and Christians in the Muslim world, yet expect an instant retraction of any critical comment on Islam. Western commentators, mired in political correctness and post colonial guilt, support this double standard and therefore find it hard to criticize militant Islam without self abasement. We have the perfect recipe for the very war of faiths Freedland decries.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Havardi
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