I wrote earlier about the Pope's comments quoting a 14th century emperor that caused outrage in the Muslim world. As well as the deafening silence in the Islamic world about the genocide of Muslims by Muslims in Darfur.
While some of the Muslim anger is understandable to a certain extent, anti-Islamic bigotry and hatred is real, if not as prominent as some think. But the hysteria around quotatations and cartoons seems a hideous overreaction by people looking to be offended. To what extent is this accidental and to what extent meticulously manufactured is an important question.
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