Dubious 'Dialogue'

New York Post by Amir Taheri | Dec. 15, 2008 (Opinion)
Bam's Naive Muslim Outreach

Barack Obama has been toying with the idea of dia logue with the Islamic world for two years now - but he has yet to approach the idea of actually saying anything meaningful.

At one point, his advisers talked of convening a White House summit with Muslim leaders. When that scheme was exposed as fanciful, they recommended that he attend the Islamic Summit Conference, convened once every three years. But that, too, has turned out to be problematic - ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Religion
Topics: Religion and Politics, Obama Administration, Islam
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Dec 15, 2008 - 9:05 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Mark Steele (review), Fabrice Florin (review), James Canning (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Dec 15, 2008 - 12:58 PM PST
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Dec. 15, 2008
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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Dec. 15, 2008

An opinion piece from the right, this article sets up multiple straw horses and then proceeds to beat them down with glee. The author states facts without references to back them up.

I'm submitting this story to show that the trumped up Obama/Muslim issue seems to still have legs within the conservative audience. This story therefore seems relevant to Religion and Politics issue NT is focusing on this week.

Dale posted this story.
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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Dec. 15, 2008

This opinion piece wanders all over the place and one wonders what point the writer is trying to make.

I urge Obama to visit Cairo and Damascus, as early in his administration as possible. Taheri is being silly when he argues that visiting Cairo would be an endorsement of repression.

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