The Pastor, the Internet, the Guardian, and Islam
A guest post by AKUS Now that everyone, it seems, with access to a keyboard and blog has had their say – and continues to have their say – about the Koran-burning Pastor I thought I might as well weigh...
View ArticleRadical Islam for Dummies
A guest post by AKUS It would have been hard to find an American outside the 30-person congregation of Rev. Terry Jones who even knew that he burned a Koran last week. But thanks to the Internet, this...
View ArticleIsrael sentences man to 3 yrs prison for insulting Judaism. (& by Israel I...
H/T AKUS As a citizen of the only truly democratic nation in the Middle East, I’d genuinely be thrilled if the political upheavals currently erupting in neighboring states resulted in real...
View ArticleThe Reformation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Cross posted from Harry’s Place In Heretic Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that Islam is in need of reform in five key areas: 1. Muhammad’s semi-divine status, along with the literalist reading of […]
View ArticleReactionary Radicals: Owen Jones and the Rainbow Qur’an
Cross posted from the blog, Jacobinism In a 2012 article for the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland had defended his friend Mehdi Hasan by convicting Hasan’s critics of a strange form of racism: [Subtle...
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