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Steven Greydanus<\/span> writes the best, most thoughtful take on the New York Mosque <\/a>I\u2019ve seen. That\u2019s not to say I agree with everything he\u2019s said. But he avoids the clangs and gongs of demagoguery<\/span> and fear bating on both sides of the debate. My main critique<\/span> would be that of most in our culture today: he suffers from the Western Penitence<\/span>. The tendency of easily seeing the worst, shadiest, and dishonest motives behind those in our own backyards, while taking the rest of the world at face value and assuming straight forward<\/span> motives. But that means Steven is a product of his time. We\u2019ve been taught to adhere to the Western proverb of \u2018a stranger before my cousin, my cousin before my brother<\/em>.\u2019 It\u2019s natural he would apply this to his assessments of the Mosque question. Nonetheless, it\u2019s a great read, and the best of any I\u2019ve heard from either side of the debate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"