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| Muslim Scholars Increasingly Debate Unholy War |
| 2004-12-11 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 aren't getting fatwas on them or killed immediately after saying their "heresy" is a good sign Just wait. Fatwa in 5..4..3.. Seriously, though it is a good sign that these things are getting some airtime (in their home countries) at last. If you talk to a MEasterner after getting his trust, like I have been for the last decade or so, they have been saying this among themselves very quietly since at least the early 90's. The problem was that anyone who brought this sort of topic up (in their home country. In public) tended to end up having an extended discussion of their views with "Large Mustachioed Men With Trunchions" who worked for the local thugocrat. Keep in mind that in the Islamic world to question Islam is to question the legitamacy of the last 1600 odd years of evrything. Its easer to get an old marxist to admit that he/she was wrong about how she/she spent most of their life. Interesting times indeed. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-12-11 8:11:39 AM |
| #1 Regarding the second page, Mr Shahin. What the hell is it with linguistics professors and their need to defend the indefensible? I guess the fact that the guys speaking out, few as they are, aren't getting fatwas on them or killed immediately after saying their "heresy" is a good sign. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-12-11 3:03:45 AM |