Luke.Schleuse...@... wrote:
> running dogg wrote:
> > What if the nascent Islamic empire decoupled religious and political
> > authority?
>
> Man, I love all the post 9/11 coffee table crap, which makes people
> think they know something about Islam.
Luke, this is not really the best way to encourage people to
learn more about Islam or anything else for that matter. Its not good
to make new students of something, regardless of their age, feel like
idiots. I think it only creates hostility towards learning.
If you were a novice student of anything and only asked a
question out of genuine curisoity and the teacher responded by calling
you a moron and worse in front of the class, how would you feel?
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.history.what-if/browse_frm/thread/242dc1d03f72ae36/a0e31436f0dbf7c5?q=taqlid&rnum=1#a0e31436f0dbf7c5
>
> Which actually deals with real Islam, rather than the Chris
> Hitchens-Tom Friedman school of Islamic studies.
I can understand your frustration with Chris Hitchens and you
are in your rights to disagree with Tom Friedman, I certainly disagree
with him often, I really don't like his approach to education. However,
I do think that you are bit harsh with people you disagree with. Tom
Friedman is fluent in Arabic and has travelled widely throughout the
Muslim world and had deep contact with many Muslims. This gives his
opinion some weight IMO. You are free to disagree with him but I'd like
to no why do you hate him so.
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