The readiness to take offence is a sign of the deep-down insecurity of the Muslim psyche in the modern world, writes Roger Scruton.The term “Islamofascism” was introduced by the French writer Maxine Rodinson (1915-2004) to describe the Iranian Revolution of 1978. Rodinson was a Marxist, who described as “fascist” any movement of which he disapproved.But we should be grateful to him for coining a word that enables people on the left to denounce our common enemy. After all,…
