tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14767691.post3636200816367791726..comments2023-10-01T14:34:04.721+03:00Comments on Memet Çagatay: Council of Ex-MuslimsMemet Çagatayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01840763698133544424noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14767691.post-56394870562472245232008-03-09T18:22:00.000+02:002008-03-09T18:22:00.000+02:00I like you way you write, it is very in-depth. Thi...I like you way you write, it is very in-depth. This article is also really appropriate as intellectuals in Turkey are looking to revise/remove hadiths, I heard. But I feel like this phrase about atheism is a bit misleading:<BR/><BR/><I>"Spiritual battlefield is only maintainable with the existence of identically devout foes eager to clash their ideas. Maybe, in this vein, we might persuade some of the Muslims of working class oppressed both by Muslim leaders and bourgeois modernism"</I><BR/><BR/>I feel like this doesn't fully take in account the current situation, and tinges with an idea of us being locked in a vacuum that is unaffected by other forces. Right now, as the west (largely America) is actually in Muslim countries, and actively condone and threaten other Muslim-dominated countries that aren't their bed-fellows, Muslims are able to see the hypocrisy of Bush drinking tea in Saudi Arabia while criticizing Iran's lack of human rights in between sips. So I think the larger force here, that affects that push for atheism, is a thick layer of American-dominated economics. I think the reasons why America chastises Iran and ignores the issues in Bangladesh are obvious to many Muslims (of other countries), and adding a splash of atheism/secularism to that mixture may further dilute what atheism/secularism is trying to push for. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, working for the American Enterprise Institute, (who is frequently seen as being tied issues with Maryam, both denouncing an existence of "islamophobia...") is a piece of what the larger picture looks like.<BR/><BR/>I really like your writing, and I'm going to add you to my blog roll :)Nadia A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08703101945104328846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14767691.post-61315595089577605412008-03-09T18:21:00.000+02:002008-03-09T18:21:00.000+02:00I like you way you write, it is very in-depth. Thi...I like you way you write, it is very in-depth. This article is also really appropriate as intellectuals in Turkey are looking to revise/remove hadiths, I heard. But I feel like this phrase about atheism is a bit misleading:<BR/><BR/><I>"Spiritual battlefield is only maintainable with the existence of identically devout foes eager to clash their ideas. Maybe, in this vein, we might persuade some of the Muslims of working class oppressed both by Muslim leaders and bourgeois modernism"</I><BR/><BR/>I feel like this doesn't fully take in account the current situation, and tinges with an idea of us being locked in a vacuum that is unaffected by other forces. Right now, as the west (largely America) is actually in Muslim countries, and actively condone and threaten other Muslim-dominated countries that aren't their bed-fellows, Muslims are able to see the hypocrisy of Bush drinking tea in Saudi Arabia while criticizing Iran's lack of human rights in between sips. So I think the larger force here, that affects that push for atheism, is a thick layer of American-dominated economics. I think the reasons why America chastises Iran and ignores the issues in Bangladesh are obvious to many Muslims (of other countries), and adding a splash of atheism/secularism to that mixture may further dilute what atheism/secularism is trying to push for. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, working for the American Enterprise Institute, (who is frequently seen as being tied issues with Maryam, both denouncing an existence of "islamophobia...") is a piece of what the larger picture looks like.<BR/><BR/>I really like your writing, and I'm going to add you to my blog roll :)Nadia A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08703101945104328846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14767691.post-1725903152928645432008-03-09T08:12:00.000+02:002008-03-09T08:12:00.000+02:00I'm sending this to a friend from Saudi Arabia, wh...I'm sending this to a friend from Saudi Arabia, who has strong interest in this subject.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com