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| Peaceful Islam Conquers Western Hearts |
| 2007-09-29 |
| Finding the inner Muslim prince Ahram Weekly ...Karen Armstrong, a former nun and best-selling author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, now calls herself a "freelance monotheist". She has advanced the theory that fundamentalist religion is a response to and product of modern culture, and has been influential in conveying the meaning of Islam to a wide readership in Europe and North America. Her writings include A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and her biography Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time. "Freelance monotheist" or caterer to the stupid. Elizabeth L, a graduate in political science and the daughter of affluent white British parents says very movingly: "I know it sounds clichéd, but Allah came knocking at my heart. That's really how it feels. In many ways it is beyond articulating, rather like falling in love." As she read the Quran and prepared for her conversion, the September attacks came and went and failed to derail her spiritual journey: "I can see why people get fed up with the West. Capitalism is enormously oppressive." Capitalism is "oppressive" to those who don't want to work. The individuals who will stand out as heroes of our times, who will lead us out of our current social and economic crisis, will most likely be Muslims, at least in their way of life. Both the born Muslims and the men and women who have found their inner Muslim prince. If you want to understand the above mentality, read Paul Hollander's "Political Pilgrims: Travels of Western Intellectuals to the Soviet Union, China and Cuba." |
| Posted by:McZoid |
| #7 Old Spook: Daniel Pipes has been on Armstrong's case for a decade. But who is getting the invites to colleges? Pipes appears rarely, in face of protest; Armstrong makes a huge living from coloring Islam with benign whitewash. Face it: the anti-jihad message is not getting out there. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-09-29 18:44 |
| #6 Definitely. Let's the Crushade commence! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-29 18:08 |
| #5 Can it just be crushed anyway? |
| Posted by: Hupeang Jones1595 2007-09-29 18:03 |
| #4 Islam is a political party with a totalitarian agenda first, and a religion second. When people realize that, Islam will be crushed. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Glagum1736 2007-09-29 17:41 |
| #3 Allah came knocking at my heart She should marry a Muslim man who'll all too happily set about "knocking" the living shit out of her addle-pated upper class English noggin. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-29 15:29 |
| #2 Can somebody please read through this thing and pick out the funny parts so I don't have to... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-29 10:49 |
| #1 Lets see, a washed up leftists nun, and a poli-sci grad from a rich upper-class white British family... Yeah, THOSE are people that really matter and are representative of the West. Riiiiiight. Never met blue-collar Baptists has she? Nor the lunchbucket Catholics, etc. Islam not making inroads there. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-09-29 10:08 |