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Wall Street Journal Misquotes Bernard Lewis on the Crusades

March 11, 2007 - 11:58 am - by Claudia Rosett
David Nicholas
2007-03-15 23:20:57

This is one of those things that can cause all sorts of controversy, and it’s frankly unfair to Bernard Lewis. Lewis is a wonderful scholar of the Middle East who’s been accused of being both pro- and anti-Muslim, while in actuality being pretty objective. I would suggest that the WSJ issue an immediate retraction, and apologize too. I would imagine the retraction will (has already) come, but I don’t expect much of an apology.