Wing Extremism : Islamic Extremism

Jerusalem Post Dept: The left - in the form of the Guardian newspaper in England and the Huffington Post news website in the United States - can barely contain their excitement, as they have discovered in these events a shadowy foe, a vast network of right-wing extremists that fits their ideological preferences. Those commentators who for years told us that we must not exaggerate the threat of Islamic extremism are desperate to exaggerate the threat of right-wing extremism. Aslak Sira Myhre, himself Norwegian, tells Guardian readers that for "at least 10 years we have been told that terror comes from the east. That an Arab is suspicious, that all Muslims are tainted. ... As the Islamic world has become the Other, we have begun to think that what differentiates 'us' from 'them' is the ability to slaughter civilians in cold blood." In fact, the Guardian has been saying nothing of the sort since 2001, according to Vancouver Sun. The right, in the form of Bruce Bawer and the Jerusalem Post, has reached an equally predictable conclusion: Multiculturalism and immigration, and the political class that failed to tell us how awful both are, deserve blame. Without a hint of irony, Bawer - who made the murder of Dutch artist Theo von Gogh by a Dutch Islamist the centrepiece of his 2006 polemic against European Muslims, While Europe Slept - urges the left not to "exploit" the Norwegian murders and the Norway massacres have unleashed a predictable torrent of media commentary on immigration, multiculturalism and Islam. That commentary has two characteristics. First, everyone is absolutely convinced that they have understood the complex reasons behind this tragedy. Second, the cold-blooded murder of 76 innocent people has not changed a single mind on the left or the right. This hyperbolic drivel is followed by a predictable conclusion: Whereas no lessons can be drawn from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States and the 7/7 terrorist attacks in England, the lesson from Norway is clear: It is time to "wage war" on right-wing extremism. As reported in the news.
@t right wing extremists, bruce bawer