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Article: GETTING A CLUE ABOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD.(Editorial)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 11, 2003
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Byline: AKBAR S. AHMED Professor
With U.S. troops now in Baghdad, the war with Iraq is moving according to plan, say military officials in Washington. The relationship between the United States and the Muslim world is another matter.
The problem is that the Muslim world now sees the United States through the U.S. television channels. It is a monolithic image, with retired generals and colonels commenting on the progress of the war with suitable charts and maps in front of them. They talk with authority about Tomahawk missiles and B-52 bombers.
But they are less confident about Muslim religion, tradition and culture. They are clueless about ...