It is interesting that Sadaf Raja characterizes Dr. Bala Ambati's views as inaccurate when he has buttressed every statement with many specific facts. Raja, on the other hand, deals in broad, propagandistic statements. His initial diatribe ignores all the violent and aggressive actions upon the Israelis that precipitated the current situation. Regarding his assertion that the few unfortunate accidents in Afghanistan have created more enemies for America, he ignores the manifold number who are grateful for our help in liberating them from the Taliban and the foreign Arab terrorists led by Osama bin Laden. Raja's use of the familiar "Osama" implies that he has pride in "Osama's" actions, as many Muslims seem to overtly or secretly feel.
Raja states that "Islamic fundamentalism imperialism" is a nonsensical term, yet does not explain why. It would seem accurate in that the stated goal of these fundamentalists is to extend and exert their will onto a large part of the world. When Nigerian and Sudanese Christians are forced to live under Sharia, is not that a form of imperialism? What name would you give to the British Islamicist movement to have England, a significantly non-Muslim nation, ruled by Islamic law?
His penultimate paragraph in which he laments the oppression of mostly Muslim peoples again ignores the terror perpetrated against the governments and people listed. His letter has no balance, and consequently, no credibility.
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