Instapundit has a good round-up of
reactions the the Muslim Street's latest hissyfit. I particularly
like Jacob T. Levy's
contribution, drawing the distinction between a political
leader, who of course shouldn't be in the business of judging which
religion is right, and a Pope, who absolutely must be in that
business. The problem, of course, is that much of the Muslim world
doesn't accept this distinction. And note Levy's footnote:
*(And therefore, in religious substance, the speech is
a much more serious attack on various kinds of Protestantism,
including the President's, than it is on Islam; the status of
reason and philosophy in Islam is complicated and contested,
whereas in the personal-revelation brands of Protestantism it's
pretty much dismissed.)
And yet you don't see too many Evangelical Christians burning
Benedict in effigy on CNN, do you?
topics:
Business, Religion, Islam, Protestantism
