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The Eternal Arab?

April 23, 2007

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11:38 pm

Daniel Larison

I wonder if any of those who have wrapped themselves in a St George banner and chanted objectionable, racist slogans, ever realised that the man himself was a Turkish Arab? ~Jack Straw

A “Turkish Arab”? In the third century? Over 300 years before the birth of Mohammed, and the Arab conquest of the Byzantine Empire?

Are the Armenians “Turkish Arabs” too…

Don’t these people have editors? ~Mr. Eugenides

Via The Debatable Land

Leave it to the pathetic Jack Straw to take two somewhat sensible points (1) there are Christians in Palestine who should not be ignored; 2) St. George is not only an English saint) and completely spoil them with a level of ignorance that seems surprising even in a politician.

about the author

Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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