This week, I annotated Tom Friedman's column from September 18th, entitled "Look in Your Mirror". It called for Muslims who were protesting an American anti-Muhammad video to take a look at their own attitudes towards other religions. Friedman argued that although many Middle Eastern Muslims complain about how other people disrespect Islam, they themselves are often incredibly intolerant towards other religions. He cites several examples of inflammatory anti-Christian and anti-Jewish rhetoric from the Middle East, including an article from the Muslim Brotherhood that describes Americans and Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs".
Friedman's tone in this article is fairly aggressive at times, and he calls the use of a YouTube video as an excuse to attack an American embassy "shameful". He also uses words such as "chauvinistic" and "bile", which present a more educated if no less angry tone. Friedman's words conjure up images of angry protesters, radical Muslims, and other slightly unsettling images. He gives direct links to the various intolerant articles from the Middle East to support his claims. Friedman's language is approachable and his syntax is simple, but he nonetheless manages to convey a complex idea.

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