Dea Nader Ajami | The logic of fear does not build a state or protect coexistence. The patriotism of a speech is not measured by the abundance of words about a state and its legitimacy, unless it expands the meaning of citizenship or limits it to a group that is afraid of other groups. The problem with the proposals that confuse the protection of identity with the rejection of the other, and the building of a state and the removal of elements of power from a particular society, is that they borrow the language of national unity while reproducing division on a sectarian basis.

Dea Nader Ajami | The logic of fear does not build a state or protect coexistence. The patriotism of a speech is not measured by the abundance of words about a state and its legitimacy, unless it expands the meaning of citizenship or limits it to a group that is afraid of other groups. The problem with the proposals that confuse the protection of identity with the rejection of the other, and the building of a state and the removal of elements of power from a particular society, is that they borrow the language of national unity while reproducing division on a sectarian basis.