Fearless and excoriating, Surrender is an essential wake-up call for everyone concerned about the preservation of our most fundamental freedoms. Islam Religion Terrorism Nonfiction More details.
Bruce Bawer 28 books 21 followers. Theodore Bruce Bawer, who writes under the name Bruce Bawer, is an American writer who has been a resident of Norway since He is a literary, film, and cultural critic and novelist and poet who has also written about gay rights, Christianity and Islam.
Bawer's writings on literature, gay issues and Islam have all been highly controversial. While championing such authors as William Keepers Maxwell Jr. A member of the New Formalists, a group of poets who promoted the use of traditional forms, he has assailed such poets as Allen Ginsberg for what he views as their lack of polish and technique. Bawer was one of the first gay activists to seriously propose same-sex marriage, notably in his book A Place at the Table, and his book While Europe Slept was one of the first to skeptically examine the rise of Islam in the Western world.
Bawer's work is cited positively by Anders Behring Breivik in his manifesto. Although he has frequently been described as a conservative, Bawer has often protested that such labels are misleading or meaningless. He has explained his views as follows: "Read A Place at the Table and Stealing Jesus and While Europe Slept and Surrender one after the other and you will see that all four books are motivated by a dedication to individual identity and individual freedom and an opposition to groupthink, oppression, tyranny.
Search review text. Mikey B. I have mixed feelings on this book. I am all for free speech but the author sees no limitations. There are more rational and articulate ways to make a statement.
For instance, Time magazine had a horrific picture of a young girl who had been disfigured by Taliban extremists for leaving her abusive in-laws. This is a fact and makes a powerful and provocative presentation of the evils of fundamentalist Islam. A silly and impolite provocation just creates hurt and little value.
Also he bashes and thrashes Ian Buruma. He presents a range of ideas and personalities. Bawer paints the New York Times as appeasing Islam. I have read articles that were informative and hardly conciliatory. A reader can judge the syrupy contents for himself. For more on obfuscations by Tariq Ramadan see his debate with Christopher Hitchens.
Also the author paints all Muslims with a terrorist and intolerant brush. There are Muslims who function in the normal world and who have jobs in large or small companies. He speaks of the growing religious presence of Islam in the U. In the U. Presidential candidates cite the Bible as a most important book and tell us what they pray for.
As for the Canadian terrorists arrested in Toronto page , even though the Muslim religion was not mentioned, Canadians connected the dots. However Mr. Bawer does make many valid points.
How can they tolerate something like the Taliban who bomb schools for girls? The list can go on. Is the reaction of Muslims to the Danish cartoons a prelude of things to come?
As he says artists, journalists, and satirists are becoming fearful for their lives. He comes down on those Western academics of Islam for their constant political correctness. Some Universities and Colleges are being funded from Saudi sources. In many ways this could be the silent unopposed advancement of Sharia in our democracies.
Includes bibliographical references p. Now, in Surrender, he reveals that a combination of fear and political correctness has led politicians, intellectuals, religious leaders, and the media--both in the United States and abroad--to appease radical Islam at the cost of our most cherished values: freedom of speech and freedom of the press"--Publisher's blurb.
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