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Chopra Blames Mumbai Attacks on US Policy

And Rabinowitz finds guru's mantra on CNN anti-American

By Gabriel Winant, Newser User

Posted Dec 1, 2008 1:13 PM CST

(Newser) – What was Deepak Chopra, New Age philosopher and feel-good guru, doing holding forth on the Mumbai terror attacks on CNN this weekend, Dorothy Rabinowitz wants to know. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Rabinowitz airs her outrage at Chopra's reflexive blaming the United States for an attack perpetrated neither by nor on America. Chopra said in repeated interviews that US policy fuels Muslim anger and frustration, resulting in such assaults.

He also repeatedly pointed out the sheer number of Muslims, and the fact that
most of the terrorism in the world comes from Muslims, suggesting that the US should undertake a Marshall Plan for Muslims. “Nowhere in this citation of the root causes of Muslim terrorism was there any mention of Islamic fundamentalism,” Rabinowitz notes. Allowing a foolish faux-expert like Chopra on CNN isn’t just uninformed, she says. It’s anti-Americanism with a friendly face.

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Author Deepak Chopra arrives at Save the Children's 75th anniversary event in New York on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)

Deepak Chopra, the New Age writer and entrepreneur, is seen during an interview at the Chopra Center & Spa, Monday, March 17, 2008, in New York. Chopra's latest book is titled, "The Third Jesus." (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

Indian fighters inspect the rooms of the Taj Mahal Hotel through the upper floor windows in Mumbai Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. India's top security official offered his resignation Sunday, a senior aide... (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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Nor did we hear, in these media meditations, any particular expression of sorrow from Dr. Chopra for the anguish of Mumbai's victims: a striking lack, no doubt unintentional, but not surprising, either. - Dorothy Rabinowitz

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Chopra Blames Mumbai Attacks on US Policy