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Misreading Islam

By Michael Hirsh, Washington Monthly. Posted November 12, 2004.


The disastrous war in Iraq is the consequence of a fundamental misunderstanding of Islam and its strong relationship to democracy in the Middle East.

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Michael Hirsh is a senior editor at Newsweek, based in Washington, and author of "At War with Ourselves: Why America is Squandering its Chance to Build a Better World" (Oxford University Press).

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