Fisk on Nationalism
Robert Fisk made the following comment on Radio New Zealand a couple of years ago.A whole population of Arab Moslems are moving away from a nationalist type of politics towards a politics that is intregrally based on the religion of Islam.
The second comment is correct. Faith is growing in Moslem nations, whereas faith is declining in the West.
The big difference between Moslems and the west is that Moslems have not lost their faith, whereas we in the West have. Our faith is human rights and secularism.
The first comment is more interesting. Moslems may be going in the wrong direction, but they seem to be waking up to the dangers of nationalistic politics quicker than many Christians.
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