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“Wellicht zelfs dient de Europese islam een reformatie te ondergaan, waarin hij de innerlijkheid en waarde van het vrije individu tot een diepe waarheid van zijn geloof maakt. Omgekeerd is het echter ook van belang om bij onszelf te rade te gaan en te onderkennen dat er wellicht een kern van waarheid zit in de aantijging vanuit islamistische hoek, dat toch ook onze moderne samenleving haar kwaad heeft als haar eigen schaduw, namelijk daar waar zij overal de vrije markt en de commercie laat begaan en in het prediken van het vrije individu van geen kwaad wil weten. Alleen immers wanneer een politieke gemeenschap zich daadwerkelijk richt op de juiste vorming van haar burgers, mag zij zich ook werkelijk beschaafd noemen. Daarmee zouden we dan wederom een oude wijsheid eren, namelijk dat je grootste vijand niet van buiten komt, maar van binnen.”

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Book:Tijd van onbehagen: filosofische essays over een cultuur op drift
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