"Bat Ye'or, Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes, Bruce Thornton...et al, need not apply"

Posted by Robert on January 5, 2008 12:23 PM

Only a precious few no-dhimmis allowed in the New York Times Book Review's big Islam issue this weekend. Andrew McCarthy comments at [1] The Corner:

So here I was this morning, minding my own business, finally getting to John Bolton's (tremendous) new book, [2] Surrender Is Not an Option, (which I have looked forward to with an anticipation similar to that caused by [3] a new book by some guy named Jonah Something-or-Other), when what to my wandering eyes should appear -- with today's newspapers -- but this weekend's [4] New York Times Book Review, which is [drum-roll ] the Islam Issue. Tariq Ramadan, naturally, leads the pack.

I see there is at least some effort at balance -- Irshad Manji, Fouad Ajami and (my personal favorite) Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I had a hopeful frisson when I saw the name Dalrymple on the cover, but, alas, it is William, not Theodore (I hasten to add I have nothing against William, and his review of the Adventures of Amir Hamza seems, on a quick skim, interesting). Naturally, though, Bat Ye'or, Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes, Bruce Thornton...et al, need not apply.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/01/bat-yeor-robert-spencer-daniel-pipes-bruce-thornton-andrew-bostom-et-al-need-not-apply.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWY2MjVhYWQxZWY4NzYxYjI2YWE4NTVhYTU0ZWUzMmU=
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Not-Option-Defending-America/dp/1416552847/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199544520&sr=8-1
[3] http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199544561&sr=1-1
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1199545444-uAY4R55b0rshtsP1IGrEBw