Liberalism cannot defeat Islamism
Liberalism cannot defeat Islamism
By Martin Parsons
CONSERVATIVE HOME
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/
May 2013
Since the decline of Socialism, the major ideological fault line in British politics, insofar as there has been one, has been between, on the one hand, conservativism and, on the other, various forms of liberalism - espoused bynot just the Liberal Democrats, but also in large measure by the Labour Party.
This ideological divide is of critical importance in the fight against Islamism. I say this because there is a myth that has been propagated by liberals that the only answer to Islamism is liberalism. However, liberalism not only lacks the capacity to counter Islamism and has significantly failed to do so, but is seen by many Islamists as part of the back door by which they can take over and impose Islamic law and government on western society.The reasons for this are not hard to find:
Liberalism promotes diversity rather than cohesion.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Martin Parsons
CONSERVATIVE HOME
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/
May 2013
Since the decline of Socialism, the major ideological fault line in British politics, insofar as there has been one, has been between, on the one hand, conservativism and, on the other, various forms of liberalism - espoused bynot just the Liberal Democrats, but also in large measure by the Labour Party.
This ideological divide is of critical importance in the fight against Islamism. I say this because there is a myth that has been propagated by liberals that the only answer to Islamism is liberalism. However, liberalism not only lacks the capacity to counter Islamism and has significantly failed to do so, but is seen by many Islamists as part of the back door by which they can take over and impose Islamic law and government on western society.The reasons for this are not hard to find:
Liberalism promotes diversity rather than cohesion.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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