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Comment on Dasht-e-Tanhaii by sarah

sarah — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:12:32 +0000

Just read this book on holiday and thought it was sumptuosly and beautifully written. The only problem being the book does veer into becoming an anti-islamic, anti-pakistani polemic which was even hard to swallow even for this liberal muslim feminist. No where does the book show compassion or humanise the poor immigrant community it depicts, but only succeeds in caricaturing them. Every woman is submissive, fatalistic, superstitious and in an abusive marriage. Every man is misogynistic and controlling. Not to say these elements do not exist, but there is no compassion in the book, as with Monica Ali’s Nazneen. Characters never act in suprising ways. The only ‘good’, nuanced, compassionate, social justice oriented, educated people in the book are communists! The binary of religious=uneducated=cruel=barbaric and educated=enlightened non-believer are a bit too simplistic. The writer’s ideological bias detracts from the superb lyricism of the book.
p.s.- still loved the book and in full support of Pakistani writers and artistic licence!

Comment on Ill-informed claims in The Times by » Richard Dawkins told a session of the Ed … Talk Islam

» Richard Dawkins told a session of the Ed … Talk Islam — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:57 +0000

[...] **This includes trivial mistakes and more serious errors. [...]

Comment on Ruth Gledhill’s dodgy caliphate factoids by » Richard Dawkins told a session of the Ed … Talk Islam

» Richard Dawkins told a session of the Ed … Talk Islam — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:21:00 +0000

[...] includes trivial mistakes and more serious [...]

Comment on Rowan Williams and “sharia courts”: reaction in the media and blogosphere by » The British government is to fund a boar … Talk Islam

» The British government is to fund a boar … Talk Islam — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:47:13 +0000

[...] first glance, this looks like an extra-legal attempt to set up so-called ’sharia courts’, but without the accountability [...]

Comment on Indonesia (world’s most populous Muslim country) and Russia come closer together by Rony

Rony — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:29:33 +0000

It is a sad but undeniable truth that the smaller countries who really would rather not make these deals end up doing them because of pressure from the US, UK and Isreali threats to their country. Russia really does not do much of these deals anymore. But recent times and situations is forcing a lot of muslim countries to look at russia in a different light.

Comment on Review of ‘Islam and the Secular State’ by Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:52:47 +0000

WM is a islamic moron

Comment on Football pundits and commentators in the English media line up to find excuses for horror tackle on Eduardo by Prashant Gandhi

Prashant Gandhi — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:06:19 +0000

I have willed from that day onwards that the brummie idiots get relegated and now my wish has been fulfilled. Long may they live in their obscurity.

Comment on Australian government implicated in torturing Muslim leaders by Sunny

Sunny — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:36:27 +0000

Wtf. All that crying over just some halal chicken?

Comment on Head of FBI says Al-Qa’ida can be defeated in less than four years by It’s not enough, Sen. Feingold. It’s too much, Mr. Mueller. « ReasonableCitizen

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:55:53 +0000

[...] Mueller, What about your remarks in which you said that al Qaeda could be eliminated in 4 years? (h/t [...]

Comment on Australian government implicated in torturing Muslim leaders by dawood

dawood — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:50:14 +0000

Not exactly a “prominent leader” – unless by Muslim they mean specifically Lebanese. But there are a lot of interesting things happening here recently, that’s for sure. Hope all is well bro!