11.04.2004
Irshad Manji
Manji, author of a controversial book in the world of Islam, "The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith," has a thoughtful essay today in the Washington Times. Islamofascism is a serious business indeed.
She says her growing support is coming principally from the female and youth of the Muslim community.
Manji gives passing mention in the lede to the murder on November 2nd of Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who criticized Islamic practices. Follow this link and learn a little of the Netherlands dynamic which prompted Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende to implore his countrymen to remain calm in the face of this killing.
Manji, author of a controversial book in the world of Islam, "The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith," has a thoughtful essay today in the Washington Times. Islamofascism is a serious business indeed.
The trouble with Islam today is that literalism is going mainstream.
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If Muslims in the West dare to ask questions about our holy book, and if we care to denounce human rights violations being committed under the banner of that book, we need not worry about being raped, flogged, stoned or executed by the state for doing so. What in God's name are Muslims in the West doing with our freedoms?
She says her growing support is coming principally from the female and youth of the Muslim community.
Manji gives passing mention in the lede to the murder on November 2nd of Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who criticized Islamic practices. Follow this link and learn a little of the Netherlands dynamic which prompted Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende to implore his countrymen to remain calm in the face of this killing.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 4:51 AM 
