Violence to enforce ideology or religious beliefs by Muslims should not be tolerated any more than we should tolerate the burning of black churches or the bombing of abortion clinics.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places?
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
For a reminder of what the United Nations, the premier international body, is often like, see its recent treatment of hate speech.
Hanna Rebecca Lundqvist | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics
Iran is not a nation of women in chadors and "Down with USA" murals. Not everyone there is anti-American. It has a liberal media, politics are discussed in public, and people are working for progress.
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics
The headscarf, of course, is not new to U.S. diplomacy. What's new is the 'Islamofascist' right-wing hysteria now shaping the political debate in which the headscarf suddenly reappeared.
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Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics