By John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
Published: September 19, 2008, 00:18
As mentioned earlier in the discussion about democratic exceptionalism, many Muslims charge that the US and the West in general have a double standard when it comes to promoting democracy and human rights in the Arab/Muslim world. "Whenever the Israelis strike the Pal-estinians, the international community and the UN turn a blind eye or keep quiet," says Saleh Bayeri, a politician and Muslim community leader in Jos, Nigeria. "But when the Palestinians launch a counterattack, it is condemned by America, the UK and other friends of Israel as a terror attack. That is the problem. It shows that the West is biased in dealing with Muslims."
One female college student at the American University of Cairo, a leading institution of Western education in the region, said in an interview with Gerges: "Bush has given Israel carte blanche to attack Palestinians and Lebanese. The war on terror is an open-ended war on Muslims."
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