Globe Disses "Islamofascism"

Conservatives love to use it, Muslims hate to hear it: The word is Islamofascism, a post-9/11 neologism popular with many GOP politicians to describe the Islamic-extremist threat, but challenged by Muslims as a term that smears all of them and their faith. The Boston Globe (who I occasionally freelance for) weighed in on the controversy Sunday (Nov. 4) with an editorial calling Islamofascism “A lazy, simplistic analogy.” I wonder how Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby feels about the Globe piece, since he’s used the phrase a few times in his columns, including in this 2006 piece about the Prophet Muhammad cartoons.