Thursday, December 1, 2011

A Brief History of the Transatlantic Counterjihad, Part VII

This is the final installment of an eight-part history of the Transatlantic Counterjihad. Links to the first seven parts are at the bottom of this post.

Once again, thank you to the Counterjihad Collective for undertaking this project.


The Counterjihad Collective

VII. Observations and General Conclusions

In the Classical Liberal Tradition: The Transatlantic Counterjihad

Observers on the political scene and in the mainstream media generally refer to the opponents of sharia as “right-wing extremists”. Commentators routinely place anti-Islamization activists beyond the pale of acceptable political discourse, and always far to the “right”.

Nothing could be further from the truth: the Counterjihad stands squarely in the middle of the classical liberal tradition. Consider some of the characteristics of the anti-sharia movement:

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