any of the Islamic theocracies in the middle east and Africa. By this entry should I assume the actions Taslima Nasrin are justified in your eyes? And the rest of the muslims on here ? Do you feel the actions and the bounty on her head are justified? Is this how you feel non-believers who don't want to live under Islamic law, and whom choose to write about it should be treated? What kind of message do you think that sends to the non-Islamic world?
Dear rob, i don't think that was what "not4me" meant. Do you really think i'll clap for them when they show the world how uncivil some muslims are?
As i mentioned before, but i don't know if it was in this thread or in another one, i'm currently going through alot of books from time of Al-Andalus "Spain currently" and there are alot of great books where several scholars whether muslims or non-muslims were sitting together and were discussing/debating about God and even some laws whether it was islamic or part of other religions or even in philosophy.
I have no problem rob to discuss with anyone about this issue, and i still don't know the details of what Taslima did but it would be really stupid if she went to the public and insult Islam in front of everyone, because any muslim will feel that this woman is spitting on his face with doing that.
If she was smart, she would just invite a muslim scholar or famous writer to discuss these issues, or she could write some articles discussing it with people who can answer her, instead of gathering people, insulting their religion. They will definitely react in emotional way because they are not versed enough in the religion to answer her or maybe she didn't give them the chance to discuss it with her.
People at that part of the world are too emotional rob, more than you can imagine. Before two days, i was participating in a public speaking competition in my university and one Bangladeshi guy was talking about a topic releated to papers i guess. He mentioned how his mom used to tell him about the Quran. The Quran is so sacred to them even though most of them don't understand arabic and they are not educated enough to go through the translated one. This guy even mentioned for us that his mom used to teach him that any arabic text is sacred and once his mom was seeing an arabic text in their home, she was kissing it and putting it in a high position in the house and treating it as its something which was releated to how Quran was written. It's just an arabic text, do you believe that?
Also, i remember that before one year, i was reading the Quran in the mosque and a malaysian guy came closer to me, then he suddnly told me how beautiful my recitation is when i read the Quran and how he would love if he could learn how to understand arabic as he read it. He thought i was so lucky. For me, I wasn't that religious at that time and i was reading the Quran only few times a year but i was really shocked when i noticed how people see arabic and how emotional they can be.
rob, I swear, if prophet Mohammed was still alive, anyone in here would say that s/he will give all what he have of money, family and his own soul for the sake of him and his teachings. Muslims, unlike other people from other faiths, i believe that they are the most people who love their religion and still practice it amongst all, and even if they weren't eductaed enough to answer so difficult philosophical or conceptual questions, its enough for them that they feel comfortable with their faith, and they believe in it to be the truth.
You can't go to a simple muslim man and hijack his faith and you expect that he will thank you for insulting his faith. He can't answer you because he is just an ordinary muslim, so he will definitely get angry, but if you are wise enough, you will chose an educated person to talk with who will understand and answer you, and even if he couldn't answer you, he will direct you to where you can get your answer, the same as what me and the other muslims in RF are just doing in here.
Do you think me, Cordoba or any other muslim will throw a chair in your face if you asked us some questions about Islam rob?
Put yourself in their shoes and think of what i told you and you might be able to understand the situation.
