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Moderation Happens To Islam, Not In Islam
by Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.legal-project.org/2560/moderation-happens-to-islam-not-in-islam Excerpt: "If you want meaningful moderation in Islam, then turn for more lessons to the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Indonesia." I imagine my colleague Irshad Manji is having second thoughts about that line (brought to my attention by Andrew Bostom). The assertion is found at page 179 of her latest book, Allah, Liberty and Love. It was in attempting to promote the book that Ms. Manji was virtually run out of Indonesia last week. A number of her scheduled appearances had to be cancelled due to protests by Muslim supremacist groups. At one Jakarta venue, things got particularly ugly: jihadists yelling "Where is Manji? Where is Manji?" reportedly stormed the hall, tore the place apart, ripped copies of the book to shreds, and assaulted the participants, some of whom had to be hospitalized – although Irshad was not seriously hurt (her assistant's arm was badly bruised by a man wielding an iron bar). Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Islamist Violence or Threats of Physical Violence Against Speech, Willful Blindness & PC Problems receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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