Media Matters Falsely Attacks Chuck Colson
Here is another classic case in which readers must investigate themselves the veracity of claims made by Media Matters.
An August 22, 2006, post makes the follwing false claim:
The truth? Colson did no such thing. In making their false claim, Media Matters cites an August 16, 2006, "BreakPoint" commentary by Mr Colson.
Colson "blamed American ‘decadence’"? Uh-uh. Here’s what Colson actually said (emphasis mine),
"The hard truth is that members of Islam’s radical branches have no interest in coming to terms with non-Muslims, or even moderate Muslims. To put it bluntly, they don’t care whether we’re nice or not. To this breed of radical Muslim, there are only two options: convert or die …
"September 11 has roots in an irrational hatred of the West …
"There was a brilliant but paranoid Egyptian writer by the name of Sayyid Qutb, imprisoned in Egypt in 1956. In 1970, he published a book, In the Shade of the Koran, attacking the West as totally corrupt … And he read all the anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic literature.
"Qutb’s In the Shade of the Koran unequivocally advocates the killing of ‘infidels’."
Colson clearly stated that, "September 11 has roots in an irrational hatred of the West." He then cited the "paranoid" writer Qutb who "read all the anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic literature."
Colson "blamed American decadence"? No. Not even close.
Another baseless smear by Media Matters.
