“Is Islam a primary cause of international violence?”

“Is Islam a primary cause of international violence?”

 

 

Aleppo's medieval bazaar
In the souk or bazaar of Aleppo, Syria
(Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge.)

 

You may think the answer obvious.

 

And understandably so.

 

But the book that I discussed in this 2014 column for the Deseret News might cause you to see things quite differently:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865610336/Is-Islam-a-primary-cause-of-international-violence.html?pg=all

 

I myself was prepared to resist Graham Fuller’s thesis, but he’s surprisingly persuasive.

 

And it occurs to me that it’s time, once again, to call attention to my column, and — much more importantly — to his book.

 

Posted from Marbella, Spain

 

 


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