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The best way to beat extremism...
One of the problems I have with tackling Islamic extremism is that most of it is rooted in other countries whereas there is a much more insidious dangerous cult on our own doorsteps that we should sort out first before we start lecturing the Muslim world about how they should be living. Whilst I agree with Hitchens on most of his points I do wish ...
Posted to Fighting Words by chunkylimey on August 17, 2009
Virgin Mary?
Why is this article's link illustrated with an image of the Virgin Mary. It is an article about a Muslim practice of restoring the appearance of virginity (the hymen). Since Mary gave birth, it is unlikely she still had a hymen (unless it was miraculously kept intact.) A cynic might conclude that you were try to make an article critical of a ...
Posted to Human Nature by rhoward on June 12, 2008
Re: See no evil, through a veil
Ms Schmidt, you propose a false dichotomy with biased terminology intended to elevate your moral and intellectual position. 'Free vs oppressive system' is such an example. As I have mentioned elsewhere here on the Fray, true ''freedom'' is beyond human reach- it is a utopic ideal. It would arguably be more accurate to call the matter of wearing ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Usama2 on May 12, 2008
Re: "Rally for him now" article by Melissa Harris Lacewell
Nope, you are wrong sly! He lived in Indonesia, but then his family moved to Hawaii where he went to a exclusive boarding school (like Hawaii's Andover). He says the Pledge for every Senate session, proudly facing the flag. I think you have him confused with Keith Ellison a black Muslim who was swore into Congress with his hand on a Koran. ...
Posted to Politics by cfarris on January 10, 2008
What in the World is a Ramadan Emblem?
I've been a Muslim for 17 years and have never heard anyone declare there to be Islamic emblems for Muslim holidays. Thus, there is no sacred or religious emblem or representation of an event (eg. hajj), a practice (eg. daily prayer), or a month (eg. fasting the month of Ramadan). There are no religious emblems for Islam, not even the crescent ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Usama2 on December 25, 2007
Tuesday September 11, 2007
Tuesday September 11, 2007 is the first ''Tuesday, September 11'' since the terrible tragedy and heainous attacks that occurred on the same day and date in 2001. Additionally, the Islamic Holiday of Ramadan begins on Wednesday or Thursday depending on the calendar you use. Finally, this is the first calendsar year since 2001 that has the same ...
Posted to Foreigners by tigertigerpurrandroar on September 10, 2007
Re: The New Christianity
Jeshua the Christ was a pacifist. The teachings of Jeshua were not completely recorded, due to historical oppression. Jeshua's message about violence was: don't encourage it, and he who picks up a bomb will die by a bomb. Yet Jeshua was not a push over either. His tactic was to allow idiots to hurt him and then bless those idiots with love. ...
Posted to Foreigners by loren on September 8, 2007
Is is not Ought
I am often surprised by how many otherwise intelligent people fall into the intellectual error of presuming that ontological (or indeed epistemological) claims are ethical claims -- invariably moving from the general to the specific as they do so. Even granting that there is a theotropic instinct, that in no way implies that societies ought to be ...
Posted to Fighting Words by quibblemuch on August 20, 2007
Re: All Religions are Cults
1. Time has no determination on how true something is. Which I agree with. Objective truth is determined by something greater than ourselves. I don't know that I agree with the ''something greater than ourselves'' part, unless you mean that a collective (societal) coming to terms with the facts and consequences of behavior over time (i.e., a ...
Posted to Faith-Based by strive on August 2, 2007
Comparative Religion and Atrocity
Perhaps we are timid about exploring the relationship between Islam and violence because it would require too close an examination of the relationship between religion and atrocity elsewhere, particularly in modern America. Most religions profess to promote peace and to prohibit the killing of one's fellow man. However, many of the greatest ...
Posted to Fighting Words by theo cratoclastus on July 31, 2007

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