IP: Re: Philip Wilcox on U.S. strategic response to terrorism

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Russell Nelson <nelson () crynwr com>
> Date: Thu,  4 Oct 2001 19:11:27 -0400 (EDT)
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, pcwilcox () fmep org, mfi () minaret org
> CC: cmcolee () iadfw net
>
>
> David Farber writes:
>  > >From: "C. M. Colee" <cmcolee () iadfw net>
>
>  > >The Terror
>  > >By Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
>  > >The author, a retired US Foreign Service officer, served as US 
> Ambassador at
>  > >Large for Counterterrorism between 1994 and 1997.
>
>  > >We should also search for ways to strengthen the common bonds between
>  > >Western values and Islam to combat the notion of a "clash of 
> civilizations"
>  > >and to weaken the Islamist extremist fringe that hates the West and 
> supports
>  > >terrorist actions.
>
> You mean, like reminding Muslims that *they* taught freedom to *us*?
>
> A review of _Islam and The Discovery of Freedom_ by Dr. Imad A. Dean
> Ahmad, director of the Minaret of Freedom (http://minaret.org), is at
> http://www.fee.org/iol/1998-IOL/1998/sept%2098/books1.html
>
>    Mention "Islam" to most Americans and they think of Saddam Hussein or
>    the Ayatollah Khomeini. It is popularly linked to violence and
>    terrorism, which is unfortunate. Far from being synonymous with
>    intolerance and bloodshed, Islam has a history of peace and respect
>    for individual rights. One famous exponent of freedom who knew that
>    was Rose Wilder Lane.
>
>    Her original book, The Discovery of Freedom, contains an abundance of
>    information on the golden era of Islamic civilization, particularly
>    the role that free markets played in that remarkably progressive and
>    virtually stateless society. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, president of the
>    Minaret of Freedom Institute, an Islamic free-market think tank, has
>    in Islam and the Discovery of Freedom taken Rose Wilder Lane?s
>    original text and added scholarly commentary.
>
>    For the most part, he documents points she makes, but occasionally
>    corrects her writing. By placing his commentary in footnotes, Ahmad is
>    able to strengthen Lane?s argument that Islamic civilization
>    flourished because of its emphasis on freedom and the rights of the
>    individual without detracting from her beautiful writing style.
>
>    In an era in which many people expect government to do everything from
>    caring for toddlers to building highways, it is astounding to learn
>    how little government did in the ancient Islamic world. Schools,
>    hospitals, and even roads were built by private foundations.
>
> More on Lane's book is below.
>
> http://laissezfairebooks.com/index.cfm?eid=48
> http://www.freedomparty.org/bookstor/lane.htm
> http://www.acton.org/research/libtrad/index.php3?lib=lane
>
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