Should Western Christians Provide Life Support to Islam? By William Kilpatrick Wed Mar 30, 2022

When tyrannies are appeased, they tend to grow.  That seems to be one of the more reliable lessons of history.  Yet, societies continue to appease aggressors in the hope that, maybe this time, appeasement will work.

I’m not talking about appeasing Russia.  A great many people are coming to the conclusion, as they should, that Putin should not be appeased.  I’m talking instead about the appeasement of Islam that’s been the rule ever since the radical side of Islam reasserted itself about four decades ago.

One could argue that after 9/11, we did respond vigorously to Islam by attacking Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.  But we made it clear at the time that we were not fighting Islam, but perverters and misunderstanders of Islam.  Islam itself, we were told, was a great religion.  Shortly after the 9/11 attack, President Bush assured us that the word “Islam” means “peace” (it actually means  ”submission”).

In short, the appeasement began almost immediately.  Bishops assured us that Islam had nothing to do with violence, media voices asserted that the vast majority of Muslims were moderate, and schools quickly developed Islam-friendly curriculums.  Before long, people worried more about being thought “Islamophobic,” than they worried about Islam itself.

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