[lit-ideas] Re: "Stand By Denmark" Rally
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:11:41 -0800 (PST)
Is it that moderate/liberal Islamists don't speak, or
that some of us don't pay attention ? Of course, the
moderates and the liberals don't usually drive planes
into buildings so it's a bit more difficult for them
to get noticed. Also, we may have a problem of
definitions, i.e. if you consider anyone who doesn't
like the US occupation of Iraq to be a dangerous
radical, then there isn't much difference between
Osama Bin-Laden and Mike Geary. On a slightly more
serious note, some of them do also face repression or
censorship, for example in Mubarak's Egypt. There is
also the matter that proggressive-minded people like
Abdul-Karim Soroush of Iran are not usually identified
as Islamists but instead are presented as
Western-style liberals. (Soroush argues for greater
democratization and protection of personal freedoms,
but he himself is a devout Muslim and Islamic scholar,
and his arguments are formulated in Islamic terms.)
Rather than go on about trying to prove that America
exists, I think that I will just post some websites.
You will not find much enthusiasm for George W. Bush
on these websites, but you will find writings by
moderate and/or liberal Islamists.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/index.shtml
http://www.muslimedia.com/mainpage.htm
http://www.muslimaccess.com/index.html
http://www.islamicity.com/default.shtml
http://www.mwlusa.org/publications/essays/polirights.html
http://www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm
http://www.islam21.net/index.html
http://www.drsoroush.com/English.htm
http://www.ijtihad.org/
http://www.free-minds.org
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