Archive for December, 2018
A Bosnian Lyric Song “You Wounded Me” (English titles)
You wounded me this winter, with the coldness of the earth, I am the garden of your wishes, crown me with cherry blossoms. May I tilt as an ivy tree, around your tree of dunes, may I bind up my head by the beauty of truth. Chorus: May the wind and storms twist around my tree, in that[Read More…]
On a “Progressive Muslims” in the USA
Muslim Progressives Paul Rowan Brian (“Muslims in American Politics,” November) has deftly laid bare the source of Muslims’ predicament in the United States: their profound anxiety over being accepted as “real” Americans, and the tendency of this anxiety to overcome their confidence in the truth of their religious principles. Muslims’ need for acceptance is what makes the flattery of the[Read More…]
Can We All Treat Blasphemy as Taboo?
From the geopolitical earthquake that was the response to Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses to the recent case of Asia Bibi in Pakistan, conflict over blasphemous speech seems to be an intractable feature of the coexistence of Islamic and secular-liberal frames of value. Conflicts over speech and the sacred in some ways appear to embody not only the most frequent but also[Read More…]
Moral Acceptance of Polygamy at Record High
Polygamy, a practice that President James Garfield once said “offends the moral sense,” is now seen by 17% of Americans as “morally acceptable,” up from 14% in 2016 and the highest rate on record dating back to 2003. These results come from the May 3-7 Gallup Values and Beliefs poll. Despite growing acceptance of the practice over the last 15[Read More…]
Marry Christmas Cheating? A Muslim Respond!
Should you give your wife the green light to cheat on you this Christmas? These are the important questions Western bourgeoisie men are supposed to be asking themselves, apparently. The Telegraph “Many experts now believe monogamy is a tighter fit for women than for men. This Christmas give your wife something she really wants. Something truly exciting. A hall pass.” For[Read More…]
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