Edward Said's PC attack on Middle East studies (http://www.ivorytowers.org/pages/832320/index.htm), Orientalism, was one of the primary reasons for the blindness of the Academic and Political establishment to the threats of Islamism.
Of course, Said was not satisfied with cleansing Oriental Departments of all oppostion. He also was became head of the Modern Language Association, the Ingsoc of the academic world.
For more information on Said, see:
http://www.ccaa.4t.com/said2.htm
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Martin Kramer's Website http://www.martinkramer.org/pages/899526/index.htm