Climate of suspicion

"Perhaps it's not surprising that someone who describes himself as phobic about the concept of Islamophobia and thinks that the invasion of Iraq is a 'subject of purely historical interest' might struggle to grasp why the relentless campaign of hostile media stories about the Muslim community is toxic and dangerous – or recognise that it is driven by a neoconservative agenda about terror and war."

Seumas Milne replies to Andrew Anthony.

Comment is Free, 24 December 2007