(IPT) Facts, in the social media age, often fail to overcome a simple, emotional punch.
That’s especially true when dealing with uncomfortable facts. Rather than offer contrasting information, or even try to explain how a situation or opinion might have changed over time, the easier way out is to cry foul. When Islamists — Muslims and their supporters who merge their faith and their political agendas — are involved, that cry begins and ends with the word “Islamophobia.”
Omar Suleiman’s invocation before the U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday provides a textbook case. Suleiman’s prayer was lovely:
We pray for peace, not war. Love not hate. Benevolence, not greed. Unity, not division. And we commit ourselves to not betraying our prayers with actions that contradict them. Let us be for truth, no matter who, or for is against it.
