I received an email from “Stan,” who wrote to respond to my article “Donald Trump and Counter-Jihad.” Through Google I discovered that Stan is an Ivy-League-educated PhD. “Counter-jihadists,” Stan wrote, “deny that Islam was indeed more tolerant from the end of the 11th century down to the 17th.” Catholic Church teaching during that period “was […]
Pushing the “Islamophobia” Myth on National Public Radio
On Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., WNYC, New York’s NPR affiliate, hosted “Islamophobia: A Conversation.” WNYC talk-show host Brian Lehrer moderated. The discussion took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, described on its webpage as “the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.” Both BAM and WNYC are taxpayer funded. The discussion […]