NP - Yes, This Is About Islam

[David Morris]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/opinion/02RUSH.html

November 2, 2001

Yes, This Is About Islam
By SALMAN RUSHDIE

LONDON -- "This isn't about Islam." The world's leaders have been repeating 
this mantra for weeks, partly in the virtuous hope of deterring reprisal 
attacks on innocent Muslims living in the West, partly because if the United 
States is to maintain its coalition against terror it can't afford to 
suggest that Islam and terrorism are in any way related.

The trouble with this necessary disclaimer is that it isn't true.

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