Islam and the Left. Dialogue or cold war?: “What stance should the left adopt with regard to Islam and a multicultural society? Dialogue or cold war? In an article published in the magazine Reset, Nadia Urbinati of Columbia University initiated a long discussion with the Princeton philosopher Michael Walzer, editor of Dissent.” Much food for thought.
January 7th, 2008 / Tags: politics, islam / TrackbackBanning minarets: the Swiss solution to radical Islam: “Switzerland has just two small minarets. But two are more than enough for some members of the country’s right-wing Swiss People’s Party.” Somehow, the combination of the words “people” and “party” make me reach for my barf bag. In Switzerland, as well as here in Denmark. Not my people, thank you very much; or, rather: how dare you expropriate that fine word, you scumbags?
May 31st, 2007 / Tags: politics, islam / TrackbackOnly Muslims Commit Terrorism: “If you define terrorism as an act committed by Muslims, then only Muslims can commit terrorism, right? Thus, when a bomb is planted outside an abortion clinic by the Fetus People, it’s not terrorism. It’s free speech. Perfectly logical.”
May 1st, 2007 / Tags: politics, islam / TrackbackOnce again: please stop with the “Islamic Reformation” nonsense: “The “Protestant Reformation” is not a synonym for “The Enlightenment.”“
May 1st, 2007 / Tags: politics, islam / TrackbackDanes’ Anti-Immigrant Backlash Marks Radical Shift: Sort-of a nice overview. It does manage to show the peculiarly unsavory habit of using perfectly legitimate concerns about Islamism for a broader attack on all immigrants. And, btw: the cute Jespersen/Pittelkow couple were only so “die-hard Social Democrats,” it appeared.
January 25th, 2007 / Tags: politics, islam / Trackback