Western ‘Tolerance’ is Contributing to Islamic Radicalization

“Islam is a religion of peace.” So say an army of Western heads of state and diplomats. But it looks like such “tolerance” encourages even more Islamist intolerance.

That finding comes via Ian M. Hartshorne and Stackey Philbrick Yadav’s report on their own research in the Washington Post. Yes, Western leaders meant well, they inform us. Their efforts, however, turned out not only ham-handedly ignorant but dangerously counter-productive. The authors are political scientists who have written scholarly books on Islam in the Middle East and Africa.