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Every time Peter Hitchens tuned in to British media discussions of Pope Benedict’s university lecture and Muslim reaction thereto, the talking heads presumed that the Pope had been out of line. Then, when the pontiff expressed regret for the angry response, but not for what he actually said, the media claimed he had issued a blanket apology. Wrong again.
Well, what do you expect? With few exceptions, British journalists don’t comprehend religion, and they don’t care.
[T]he missing of the point is partly because almost nobody in the British media - apart from a small group of accredited religious affairs reporters - really knows or cares about religion any more. It's looked at from outside, as a sociological peculiarity that we rational, modern journalists don't suffer from.
When European Islam grows strong enough to compel implementation of Sharia law in local areas, what will the liberals do then? They may regret scoffing at a man well-positioned to spark a renewed appreciation of true religious freedom.
In another recent column, Mr Hitchens points out that, in Muslim lands Christians live in constant fear of persecution and Christian beliefs are emphatically and publicly denied; yet Western liberals continue to propagate the myth of “Muslim tolerance”.
