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2007-03-08 Britain

How my eyes were opened to the barbarity of Islam

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-08 07:26|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "To do so requires that we adopt a universal standard of human rights and abandon our loyalty to multicultural relativism, which justifies, even romanticises, indigenous Islamist barbarism, totalitarian terrorism and the persecution of women, religious minorities, homosexuals and intellectuals."

In re the big picture, it demands that Muslims turn away from communal conformity to traditional behavior patterns. This is a HUGE challenge, because of the huge risk of being identified as unIslamic (thus dooming either accuser or accused). Communal conformity is exactly what Phyllis Chesler encountered when she landed in Afghanistan with her husband; he was afraid of demonstrating a behavior different than the "normal Islamic" behavior expected by his peers. Sickening, but true.

Posted by Jules 2007-03-08 08:20|| 2007-03-08 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Thus I was forced to conclude that Afghan barbarism was of their own making and could not be attributed to Western imperialism.

I also enjoyed the statement concerning absolute (and not relative) evil.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-03-08 11:56|| 2007-03-08 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I spent the last 40 odd minutes reading the comments posted (many, not all) addressing this article. There are soooo many apologists for Islam lurking out there. I really don't come away with the impression that the West is waking up to the threat. Too many are in denial or asleep and happy to remain so (deliberately intent on doing so).

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-03-08 13:43|| 2007-03-08 13:43|| Front Page Top

#4 But first they had to read the article, Mark Z, or at least part of it. Which means that the story and the good professor's conclusions will be sitting in their subconscious, adding up other bits of data, even as they continue to consciously deny the situation. Or so I hope.

Very good point, Jules.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-08 14:24|| 2007-03-08 14:24|| Front Page Top

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