Step 1: |
| A
trivial incident — a cartoon, a video, a book, an interview with a
prominent public figure — is inflated into a huge outrage against the
world’s 1.3 billion Muslims. |
Step 2: |
| During Friday prayers, fire-breathing imams exhort the faithful to “defend the honor of the Prophet”. |
Step 3: |
| Muslims
in Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia and elsewhere in Dar al Islam take to
the streets, burn infidel flags, and kill a few of each other. |
Step 4: |
| Muslim countries institute a boycott against products manufactured by the offending Western nations. |
Step 5: |
| Moderate spokesmen for Islamic groups appear on television and offer soothing words about peace and understanding, but…
the violence of some of their co-religionists, regrettable though it
may be, is understandable and hard to prevent, given the offense to
their Islamic sensibilities. |
Step 6: |
| Muslim
ambassadors pay calls on heads of state and government in the Western
countries involved, and insist that the host country needs to do more
to understand Islam and promote constructive dialogue. |
Step 7: |
| Officials
in Western countries offer abject apologies and make concessions to
Muslims, which usually involve massive “aid” programs to poor Muslim
countries, all-halal menus in school lunchrooms, allowing women to wear
burkhas on public transport, etc. |
Step 8: |
| Muslim leaders proclaim that Islam is mollified (for the moment), and the world returns to a state of multicultural harmony. |
Step 9: |
| Repeat steps 1 through 8 as often as necessary. |