The ever-egregious James Carroll outdoes himself with this outstanding display of historical distortion and obfuscation, “The war against Islam,” from the Boston Globe (thanks to all who sent this in): AMONG THE factors leading to the French and Dutch rejections of the European constitution last week, none looms more ominously than the nightmare of antagonism … Continue reading Dhimmitude from James Carroll: “The image of Muslims as prone to violence by virtue of their religion was mainly constructed across centuries by Europeans seeking to bolster their own purposes”