you talk about how you know, this common use of the term islamophobe and how anybody muslim or not get called if they start to call out the elements of islam to put it mildly controversial. it s a way of shutting up debate. and i want to give a shout out to a friend who did a fantastic piece on it in the washington post i think january 16th she calls it the honor brigade. it s been going on for at least over a decade. there are countries involved, there are movements involved, there s a lot of money. anybody who tries to draw attention to the shortcomings the theology of jihad, is labeled an islamophobe. and you talk about feminists who should be supporting what you do have instead turned on you. because they re frightened. they re told if you are a white woman and care about the equality of woman and men, you
there are countries involved, there are movements involved, there s a lot of money. anybody who tries to draw attention to the shortcomings the theology of jihad, is labeled an islamophobe. and you talk about feminists who should be supporting what you do have instead turned on you. because they re frightened. they re told if you are a white woman and care about the equality of woman and men, you are doing it as islamophobe. your values you know, this is now imperialism, this is now colonialism, and that needs to stop. and what i try to do in the book is you know, let s lee all of that behind. we understand the islamic state is islamic. jihad is islamic. it s all in the legacy of the theology of those of us born into it.
what turned out to be the correct coverage in this story? if you are waiting for the mainstream media to say not only that we were wrong in this racially charged case that resulted in so much violence in that town and to credit fox news for being right you re going to hold your breath a long time. we don t care about them. what we care about is the folks talked to quinnipiac polling and said fox news is the number one most trusted news outlet, republicans and a lot of independents said that as well. and this is exactly the reason why. we should never fall into the trap of trying to turn a news story into a cause or a crusade or a narrative. we have to look at the facts in each case. i think this is evidence of that. none of us is perfect. but when we get it wrong we should say so. we ll all try to do a better job of that. howie, good to see you. when governor bobby jindal urged caution, he was attacked and called an islamophobe. and she s next with her very brave stand.
well when governor bobby jindal recently warned about the threat as he sees it from islamic radicals coming to the united states, he was widely attacked and called an islamophobe. but our next guest says that has to stop. in her new book she suggests confronting some of the radicals, is the only way to heal the faith she used to call her own. ayaan hirsi ali, author of heretic. on sale as of tomorrow. great to see you. this is the book called heretic. it s an important book. you are somebody who was brought up in the islamic faith, underwent mutilation they tried to force you into a marriage, you fled and your partner in making a film was murdered because of the film they were making about the dangers of rad
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