[lit-ideas] Re: Ideology vs Experience
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:10:03 +0100
Actually, Lawrence, you have put it down to just ideology.
Interesting then that just as documents are leaked in the US point towards Iraq
as a 'recruiting sergeant' for muslim extremism, that your views change.
Coincidence of course.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:49 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ideology vs Experience
No, no, I couldn't have said it's exclusively ideology. You misunderstood.
It could not exist without this particular ideology, but like any ideology it
is one which one lives with, which answers the daily needs, which explains what
is going on about one. The nature of Sayyid Qutb's writings is that he wrote
about these things; so the believer will say much as a Marxist would say, see,
this is what he said and he was right. You can see the evidence. You can see
what we need to do. You can see how we need to think about these things.
Isn't that what you do, Simon?
Lawrence
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Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:44 PM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ideology vs Experience
Seems you're in revisionist mode then Lawrence. Shame really.
The issue, Lawrence is the manner in which moderates become extremist, not
with how many moderates there might be. You have consistently said that it's
exclusively down to ideology, which of course denies the possibility that the
Iraq war (to take one example) might be pushing moderates towards the
extremists.
Now, however, you seem to be suggesting otherwise. Forgetting Qutb for the
moment, deal with the simple question: Do moderate mulsims react to their
perceptions and experiences of western action in the world?
Simon
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