tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post8359084995290326747..comments2023-11-02T23:12:22.758+11:00Comments on Planet Irf: Sir Salman - What The Fuss?Irfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-13416200992095271172007-07-02T13:27:00.000+10:002007-07-02T13:27:00.000+10:00"Haven’t enough Muslim families mourned their love..."Haven’t enough Muslim families mourned their loved ones killed in such attacks?"<BR/><BR/>Why would they mourn when, dying in the cause of Islam, they get first place on the golden escalator to Heaven?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-83616501761541038112007-06-29T15:44:00.000+10:002007-06-29T15:44:00.000+10:00OK, so maybe Manji is a publicity-hungry journalis...OK, so maybe Manji is a publicity-hungry journalist who doesn't really understand ijtihad (she's not Robinson Crusoe there, I suspect). <BR/><BR/>And maybe she's projecting her experiences of her tyrannical father onto the religion that he used as an excuse to abuse his family. <BR/><BR/>But I still like her writing. And I still like yours, too. :-)<BR/><BR/>Can't say what I think of Sir Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896517548431102585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-55925651158703711662007-06-28T11:12:00.000+10:002007-06-28T11:12:00.000+10:00I guess we can't stop repeating the myth that bin ...I guess we can't stop repeating the myth that bin Laden was a creation of the US, no matter how many scholars point out this is bunk. Peter Bergen's work is a good starting point for tracing the origin of this myth.<BR/><BR/>Once again we refuse to look at our own sins and take responsibility for thuggish behavior by some in the Ummah and instead project the blame everywhere except where it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-64055291402029026752007-06-28T10:10:00.000+10:002007-06-28T10:10:00.000+10:00Manji is not being put in the same catagorey as a ...Manji is not being put in the same catagorey as a way of calling her a terrorist - the point is that she claims the rediscovering the concept of "ijtihad", (interpretation) as though no one else has done so. The point is, that Islamists from Khomeni to bin Laden have also discovered "ijtihad" and use it to justify their own "interpretations". So this does undermine Manji's arguement that the "shakirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460553597675774622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-47073282462238613662007-06-27T23:48:00.000+10:002007-06-27T23:48:00.000+10:00I haven't read any of Manji's books, but her colum...I haven't read any of Manji's books, but her columns annoy me. In her last column, she was bragging on about how an Urdu translation of her book was being downloaded by lots of people. I read it and was wondering about whether she had circumcision marks on her forehead.Irfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-60759629819262476432007-06-27T23:32:00.000+10:002007-06-27T23:32:00.000+10:00Hi Irfan,I've been something of a fan of your writ...Hi Irfan,<BR/>I've been something of a fan of your writing since I first came across an article of yours a few years ago on Margo Kingston's Webdiary. <BR/><BR/>This post about Sir Salman is the kind of thing I like - interesting and well written, but also challenging and refreshing. I don't entirely agree with what you've written, but that's actually why I read your stuff; it shows me another Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896517548431102585noreply@blogger.com