Valin Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 The Daily Caller:8/20/10Reilly recently agreed to answer 10 questions about his book and other topics of interest for The Daily Caller:1) Why did you write the book?I was fascinated by Bernard Lewis’ book What Went Wrong, in which he chronicles the decline of the Muslim world. I wanted to find out why it went wrong. And, like most Americans, I was galvanized by 9/11 and wanted to search more deeply into the wellsprings of violence in Islam. Since 9/11, I was also working professionally in the area of the Middle East, most particularly on Iraq for the Defense Department.After years of study and work, I concluded that the Islamism we see today is a spiritual pathology based on a deformed theology that has produced a dysfunctional culture. That is a lot to say in one sentence, but I take 200 pages to explain it. I trace the roots of Islamism back to an intellectual crisis in Islam in the ninth century.(Snip)Robert R. Reilly is the author of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist. A former director of Voice of America, he now serves as a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.____________________________________________________________________________________I am in the process of reading this book now. while I would not say it is a "MUST READ", I will say that while not a fun or easy read it is well worth the time spent.For a video of Dr. Reilly on his book Click Here takes a little over an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Very good interview with lots of good insight. Thank you Valin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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