(New York Times) Irshad Manji - The government of Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain has proposed new laws to deport extremist religious leaders, to shut down the mosques that house them, and to ban groups with a history of supporting terrorism. As Westerners bow down before multiculturalism, we anesthetize ourselves into believing that anything goes. We see our readiness to accommodate as a strength - even a form of cultural superiority. Radical Muslims, on the other hand, see our inclusive instincts as a form of corruption that makes us soft and rudderless. They believe the weak deserve to be vanquished.
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