Research Catalog

Title

Reflections on Islam : ideas, opinions, arguments / George Jonas.

Author

Jonas, George, 1935-

Publication

Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2007.

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Details

Description

251 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"In Reflections on Islam, award-winning author and columnist George Jonas explores a range of issues that have come to occupy our daily attention. Is there a difference between Islam and Islamism (and does it matter if there is)? Are we in the midst of a clash of civilizations? How is the confrontation between theocracy and democracy manifesting itself outside of the Middle East? Was it a mistake to invade Iraq, or simply a mistake to stay? At what point do liberal impulses on matters such as multiculturalism and immigration becomes short-sighted and dangerous?" "Witty, provocative, and eloquent, this collection of essays - written between early 2001 and late 2006 - showcases Jonas at his best. Reflections on Islam should be required reading for anyone grappling with the defining issues of our age."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Islam > 21st century
• Islam and world politics
• Islamic civilization > 21st century
• Civilization, Western > 21st century
• Islam > Histoire > 21e siècle
• Politique mondiale > Aspect religieux > Islam
• Civilisation islamique > 21e siècle
• Civilisation occidentale > 21e siècle

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Letter to a Liberal Friend -- The Taliban Is a Time Machine -- The Enemies of Civilization -- Clash of Civilizations? -- Islam Hijacked -- Appeasing the Arab Street -- Measured to a Fault -- A Lesson from the Professor and the Station Master -- The Big Powers Have Had It -- War Is a Soliloquy -- On Pre-Emptive War -- A Tale of Two Malignancies -- Going to War for Makeup -- Bring Me a Cup of Tea -- Who Has the Stronger Horse? -- The Crescent Moon Is Made of Blue Cheese -- Militant Islam Is Not There but Here -- The Evil Empire's New Address -- The Dance of the Clumsy Giants -- Multiculturalism's Volatile Mix -- The View from the Fence -- Islam's Malformed Kin -- Terrorism's Latest Critic -- The Muslim Nation -- The Friendly Oilarchy -- Needing Danger to See the Obvious -- Kofi Worse Threat than Saddam -- Old Europe Strikes Back -- A Seven-Sided View of Iraq's Liberation -- The Liberal Position -- What Next? -- Intolerance for Terrorism, Not for Islam -- Biometrics and Disposable Terrorists -- Who Benefits? -- Pax Americana -- The Future Eurabia -- The Muslim Bomb -- On Exporting Values -- The Credo of the Jihadists -- Speeding Up History -- Running the Numbers -- Democrats for Theocracy -- Going Dutch -- Real Muslims and False Muslims -- A Demon Riding on the Back of a God -- History Has Yet to Judge 9/11 -- Of Horses and Water -- Bovines among the Crockery versus Apple-Polishers of Appeasement -- Message from the Mad: Leave the Saints Alone -- Will We Become Canarabia? -- Guardians of the Truth -- Hezbollah Reaping the Whirlwind in Israeli Conflict -- Canada's Arbour is Portia to Israel's Shylock -- Jihadists Don't Care about Logic -- Postscript: The Wounded Stork.

ISBN

• 9781552638866
• 1552638863

LCCN

^^2008411522

OCLC

• 76481180
• SCSB-11593407

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library