[lit-ideas] Re: It is Islam, Dummy
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
I've been a little busy these days but I admit that we
all have our preferences, Lawrence. This guy sounds so
idiotic that I doubt that even you would have posted
it if he didn't happen to have a Muslim name.
Blaming Islam for all the bad things Muslims do or
have done is no more plausible than blaming
Christianity for Nazism or Bolshevism. (Nazism -
'militant Christianity' ?) Also, to write a history of
the US without reference to either the treatment of
the Indians or to slavery, and to present 'American
civilization' as something completely separate from
its European roots, is quite a stunning achievement.
SInce you yourself know at least a little better than
this, I wonder if you are assuming that this guy is
somehow more worth listening to because he is a Muslim
? If so, you might wish to lend your ear to all those
Muslims who think differently.
O.K.
--- Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There you go, Omar. I knew you could come up with a
> good reason for not
> reading a long article -- excuse me an article you
> aren't likely to like:
> the old BS meter. Swell. Heck, this Amil Imani
> probably isn't worth
> reading anyway. He's an ex-Muslim rather than a
> Muslim in good standing.
> Here are some of his ex-Muslim articles that you
> won't want to read either:
> <http://www.islam-watch.org/AmilImani/index.html>
> http://www.islam-watch.org/AmilImani/index.html
>
>
>
> Here's an article for example in which Imani says
> "America is the last haven
> of hope where humanity can flourish." You
> definitely wouldn't want to read
> that article:
>
<http://www.islam-watch.org/AmilImani/USLastFrontier.htm>
>
http://www.islam-watch.org/AmilImani/USLastFrontier.htm
>
>
>
>
> One site describes Imani as "a columnist, literary
> translator, novelist and
> an essayist who has been writing and speaking out
> for the struggling people
> of his native land, Iran." Anyone like that is
> bound to set off your BS
> Meter.
>
>
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Omar Kusturica
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:01 PM
> Subject: It is Islam, Dummy
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> --- Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Amil Imani's article is from his web site and is
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> > entitled "It is Islam,
>
> > Dummy". The article is much too long for Andreas,
>
> > Irene and Omar but the
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> > first two paragraphs follow:
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> *It's not about length, it's about bullshit allarms.
>
> When I see that a guy yells: 'Get it?", they start
>
> sounding. Anyhow, the article is addressed to
> dummies,
>
> so I leave it to those who fit this description.
>
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> O.K.
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