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Jonah Goldberg: Western guilt and apologists embolden Muslim jihadists
Jonah Goldberg, The Examiner Sep 21, 2006 2:00 AM (1171 days ago)WASHINGTON Before you can discuss the manifest seriousness of the latest controversy involving the pope, you have to acknowledge its hilarity. Pope Benedict XVI, in an austere philosophical address, invoked Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus, the 14th century ruler who offered a harsh assessment of Islam. While the Quran says, “There is no compulsion in religion,” Manuel couldn’t help but notice that Muslims were setting up more franchises in his neighborhood than Starbucks — and they weren’t doing so by selling the best darn mocha frappuccinos on his side of the Bosporus.
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