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| NYT Sunday Book Review: The Islam Issue |
| 2008-01-06 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 Go read the article authored by Ramadan. It is one of the most naked explanations of totalitarianism outside of the Soviet Union. I'm surprised the NYT published it - throws great relief on Columbia President Bollinger's introduction of Dinnerjacket. |
| Posted by: Glung McGurque2454 2008-01-06 23:09 |
| #6 gromky - in the old days that would have been true. But today both you and I saw the review and it sounds like a good read. While it won't make the Oprah reading list for mindless pleasure, it will make its way in the circles of those who WILL be interested in purchasing it. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-06 22:48 |
| #5 Don't think that this review means anything, or will be read by anyone - the elites will look at the byline, see it is by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and skip to the next article, correctly concluding that it was merely included for "balance" and can be ignored. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-01-06 12:38 |
| #4 Of course, they "balance" her perspective with others, such as an essay on how to read the Koran by Tariq Ramadan. Still, they're making some attempt at showing "both sides" and that can't always be taken for granted. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2008-01-06 12:04 |
| #3 By contrast, the West has cultivated an ethos of individualism, reason and tolerance, and an elaborate system in which every actor, from the individual to the nation-state, seeks to resolve conflict through words. The entire system is built on the idea of self-interest. This ethos rejects fanaticism. The alpha male is pacified and groomed to study hard, find a good job and plan prudently for retirement: “While we in America are drugging our alpha boys with Ritalin,” Harris writes, “the Muslims are doing everything in their power to encourage their alpha boys to be tough, aggressive and ruthless.” Absolutely brutal. Note the reviewer is Ayaan Hirsi Ali; not some run of the mill NYT rumpswab |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-01-06 11:10 |
| #2 Instead he argues that fanaticism is the basic principle in Islam. “The Muslims are, from an early age, indoctrinated into a shaming code that demands a fanatical rejection of anything that threatens to subvert the supremacy of Islam I'm surprised the NYT reviewed this. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-06 10:43 |
| #1 Sounds like a heck of a book. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-01-06 08:31 |