In late February and during the ongoing debate on how to criticize Islam, DIE ZEIT published an article entitled “Liberal Racism”. The author claimed that the opponents of Islam claimed to defend enlightenment and modernity, while actually preaching racism and making every single Muslim responsible for any crime that may or may not be related to Islam.
Now the same paper has published a response by another author, who rejects this accusation and who suggests that it is not racist to state the differences between Islam and ‘Islamism.’ He criticizes in particular the Islamic associations in Germany for not being open to discuss ‘Islamism’ and for promoting a very conservative and orthodox morality.
It seems that the debate, which started in early January, is far from being over.
