How the Muslim world is being left behind

Why each new terror attack only further marginalizes the Muslim world

July 2013: Damaged buildings in front of the Khaled bin Walid mosque in the central Syrian city of Homs. (Sam Skaine, Getty)

Scott Gilmore-JANUARY 14, 2015

On the morning of the shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, Maclean’s contributor Scott Gilmore filed this column. In the Jan. 29 issue of the magazine, he expands on his argument: 

On Jan. 7, Islamist gunmen ran through the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo screaming “The Prophet is avenged!” By coincidence, at the very moment they were killing the journalists, the International Space Station passed silently over Paris.

Consider that for a moment.

How the Muslim World is Being Left Behind by Thavam Ratna