[Peace-discuss] On why Liberal Defenders of the ‘Mosque’ Get it Wrong

[David Green]

The narrative of fitting in, of assimilation and integration that is being 
established through Park51 produces a dangerous set of ‘if, then’ contingencies 
that we should all be wary of, and which index the precise problem of this 
moment in American history — a moment in which the terms and conditions being 
articulated in the Park51 debate have, in fact, already been established as the 
ground rules for determining who gets recognized as the ‘right’ kind of Muslim 
in America. Sadly, this ‘conditional’ recognition also suggests that only the 
claims of certain kinds of Muslims will be recognized as legitimate or worthy of 
defense.

http://pulsemedia.org/2010/08/24/on-why-liberal-defenders-of-the-mosque-get-it-wrong/#more-27098



      
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