Analyzing Islam, since 9/11 - and before (originally posted 8/30/08)

The article on the link below was written only a couple of weeks after 9/11.

Dear friends,

The article on the link below was written only a couple of weeks after 9/11. Yet, considering this historical moment in recent world history, with the possible election of a man of African descent as the chief figurehead for our nation, we may consider asking ourselves: These days, how much do we as citizens actually contribute to supporting the ideal of objective analysis, much less the more lofty ones of freedom, justice, and equality?

At any rate, the author, Edward Said, has since passed. However, he was a great scholar, educator, ad statesman - in his own right, who I have been both reading and appreciating for almost thirty years. His vocabulary can be quite academic; however, he makes his points.

Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.thenation.com/article/clash-ignorance