Below are some opening paragraphs from an absolutely brilliant piece at The Federalist. It’s by John Daniel Davidson, entitled 9/11 Exposed The Weakness Of A Post-Christian West and I simply cannot recommend it highly enough.
“The tolerance and neutrality we took for granted [was] a unique feature of the Christianity that created western civilization. It simply didn’t exist in the Islamic world.” ~ From the article.
Every single word spoke to me. It was one of those pieces I wish I’d written but instead stand in humbled awe of the talent that did it.
Well done, Mr. Davidson. Well done.
A quarter-century removed from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, several things are now obvious that were not at all obvious to American elites in 2001 [snip] The West failed to recognize the religious nature of the conflict because it was committed to a secular liberal account of the world that dismissed the role of religion.. [snip]
Specifically, it indulged the delusion that the difference between the Muslim world and the West …[was] superficial, and [as a result] their response to 9/11 was the opposite of what it should have been.
Instead of simply punishing regimes that gave succor to groups like Al-Qaida, they launched regime change wars followed by long and ultimately failed occupations with the impossible goal of bringing democracy to the Middle East. Instead of shutting down immigration from Muslim-majority countries, they increased Muslim immigration to prove that America wasn’t racist and was multicultural. Instead of recognizing that not all cultures and religions are compatible with American society, they doubled down on multiculturalism and a conception of America as an idea, rather than a people with a shared culture, shaped by Christian civilization moral norms.
You can read the rest here.
Definitely read the whole article.