What Islamic voice — we are entitled to ask over and over — can break through to those consciences awry, to tell them they cannot accomplish the end of the Western world?
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A police officer blocks access on a a road leading to London’s Aldgate East tube station after an explosion occurred in the subway line in central London, July 7, 2005.
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Over the course of this year, the centenary of William F. Buckley’s birth, we will republish an article by him weekly. This week’s column contends with the Western liberal’s incapacity to see Islamic and leftist terrorism for what it is.
Edinburgh, Scotland — Some critics of Tony Blair have pounded on the point that one of the four bombers had been identified by the security people as mischievously connected with aggressive elements of the Muslim community.
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William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.
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Over the course of this year, the centenary of William F. Buckley’s birth, we will republish an article by him weekly. This week’s column contends with the Western liberal’s incapacity to see Islamic and leftist terrorism for what it is.
Edinburgh, Scotland — Some critics of Tony Blair have pounded on the point that one of the four bombers had been identified by the security people as mischievously connected with aggressive elements of the Muslim community.
About the Author
William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.
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