HERE WE GO AGAIN
by Kenan Malik
One thing should be clear. The violence across the Muslim world in response to an American anti-Islamic film has nothing to do with that film. Yes, The Innocence of Muslims is a risibly crude diatribe against Islam. But this obscure film that barely anyone had seen till last week is no more the source of the current violence than God is the source of the Qur’an. The details of the rioting in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador and sparked […]
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