Comments on: “The Problem With Islam Today”, Or When Every Word Is Published http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/ Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CLUTCHhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-263911 CLUTCH Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:58:18 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-263911 She is an Ismaili Aga Khan... She will never criticize her true religious leader Aga Khan...Makes her a hypocrite in my books She is an Ismaili Aga Khan… She will never criticize her true religious leader Aga Khan…

Makes her a hypocrite in my books

]]> By: Melissahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19679 Melissa Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:43:15 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19679 Yes I understand. Thanks for your time Yes I understand. Thanks for your time

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19629 Arash (Iran) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:04:14 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19629 Melissa, Do you think we can talk about this later? I am a bit busy with the events going on our around Iran. Please accept my apologies. Melissa,
Do you think we can talk about this later? I am a bit busy with the events going on our around Iran. Please accept my apologies.

]]> By: Melissahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19308 Melissa Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:03:12 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19308 Could you explain further? Could you explain further?

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19211 Arash (Iran) Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:32:08 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19211 Melissa, I have no doubt that she tries to do a good thing. What I criticize is the way she does it. Melissa,
I have no doubt that she tries to do a good thing. What I criticize is the way she does it.

]]> By: Melissahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19163 Melissa Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:59:46 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-19163 i have read her books and have heard her debate on television and I just understand where she is coming from. She just wants peace and to return islam to the beautiful religion it once was (and to some extent still is). I do not subscribe to a certain religion but I DO respect religion because I know that each religion has a basic message and that is peace. Man twists into something ugly and then people follow the word of man, not the word of God. Look at the horrors the Catholics created in the middle ages of Europe. None of that would have happend if people would have looked into their own heart, intead of a book. I may be wrong, being a humble student, but I want to think that she really wants people to think for themselves, to see what religion is within ther own hearts. i have read her books and have heard her debate on television and I just understand where she is coming from. She just wants peace and to return islam to the beautiful religion it once was (and to some extent still is). I do not subscribe to a certain religion but I DO respect religion because I know that each religion has a basic message and that is peace. Man twists into something ugly and then people follow the word of man, not the word of God. Look at the horrors the Catholics created in the middle ages of Europe. None of that would have happend if people would have looked into their own heart, intead of a book. I may be wrong, being a humble student, but I want to think that she really wants people to think for themselves, to see what religion is within ther own hearts.

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-18980 Arash (Iran) Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:52:11 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-18980 Melissa, I see your point. I am not saying having academic background makes you the person for everything. What I am saying is that without a structured mindset you may have difficulties producing a structured discussion. To my understanding, that's exactly her problem. Melissa,
I see your point. I am not saying having academic background makes you the person for everything. What I am saying is that without a structured mindset you may have difficulties producing a structured discussion. To my understanding, that’s exactly her problem.

]]> By: Melissahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-18760 Melissa Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:18:17 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-18760 I dont understand why someone has to have a "academic background" in order to have many revolutionary ideas. I believe that our passions come from inside us. Believe it or not Martin Luther King Jr. didn't major in African American History and he was (and still is) a major figurehead in civil rights. I respect Irshad Manji because she fights for understanding. And not for understanding between islam and other religions but for th development of understanding between her people. I dont understand why someone has to have a “academic background” in order to have many revolutionary ideas. I believe that our passions come from inside us. Believe it or not Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t major in African American History and he was (and still is) a major figurehead in civil rights. I respect Irshad Manji because she fights for understanding. And not for understanding between islam and other religions but for th development of understanding between her people.

]]> By: Jinahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7657 Jina Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:27:16 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7657 <blockquote>Jina, it’s not because she’s a lesbian.</blockquote> This is funny, unless the people I spoke to are not Muslims or I was in lala land during my conversation. People bash her for her homosexuality and hardly, I mean very rarely, see them argue against her points. I never said all are, I said vast majority are. Keep in mind that this is based on my conversations with Muslims living in Canada of South Asian origin.

Jina, it’s not because she’s a lesbian.

This is funny, unless the people I spoke to are not Muslims or I was in lala land during my conversation. People bash her for her homosexuality and hardly, I mean very rarely, see them argue against her points. I never said all are, I said vast majority are. Keep in mind that this is based on my conversations with Muslims living in Canada of South Asian origin.

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7637 Arash (Iran) Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:46:05 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7637 Danial, Would you please tell me what exactly "a self-hating Muslim" means? Danial,
Would you please tell me what exactly “a self-hating Muslim” means?

]]> By: Danialhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7599 Danial Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:02:56 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7599 Jina, it's not because she's a lesbian.It's because she's a sell out and a self-hating Muslim. Jina, it’s not because she’s a lesbian.

It’s because she’s a sell out and a self-hating Muslim.

]]> By: Jinahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7393 Jina Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:07:56 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7393 That's what's so funny and idiotic about the whole thing. God, if there is one, made her a lesbian. Religions are so sad. That’s what’s so funny and idiotic about the whole thing. God, if there is one, made her a lesbian. Religions are so sad.

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7391 Arash (Iran) Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:25:48 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7391 Jina, Probably they have a very good argument to show the relationship between someone's sexual life and the way they relate to divinity. Jina,
Probably they have a very good argument to show the relationship between someone’s sexual life and the way they relate to divinity.

]]> By: Jinahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7390 Jina Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:02:59 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7390 Muslims (liberal or not), most of the time, have a problem with her because she's a lesbian. Muslims (liberal or not), most of the time, have a problem with her because she’s a lesbian.

]]> By: Arash (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7389 Arash (Iran) Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:54:34 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7389 Looks interesting... Looks interesting…

]]> By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7387 Esra'a Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:35:09 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7387 You might be interested in checking out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Muslim-Asma-Gull-Hasan/dp/0007175337/sr=8-1/qid=1164753157/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3776183-6112102?ie=UTF8&s=books" rel="nofollow">this author</a> as well. You might be interested in checking out this author as well.

]]> By: Danialhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7381 Danial Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:37:59 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7381 She is such an opportunistic whore. I personally can't stand her.Even the liberal Muslim community aren't fond of her. Hell, Tarek Fateh had actually criticized her rather harshly a few years back for that book of hers on MuslimWakeup. She is such an opportunistic whore. I personally can’t stand her.

Even the liberal Muslim community aren’t fond of her. Hell, Tarek Fateh had actually criticized her rather harshly a few years back for that book of hers on MuslimWakeup.

]]> By: Howiehttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7372 Howie Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:41:40 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/28/the-problem-with-islam-today-or-when-every-word-is-published/#comment-7372 Arash-I don't really agree. I find Ishard's work a great mix of human, personal satire and well thought out and well researched critque.I believe she is a lecturer at Harvard (no, no surprise they would hire a well-known liberal lesbian), and she posts her sources and holds herself out for all kinds of inspection and criticism.I found her book very enlightening. I think she presents it as HER views and not as some biblical revelation. Arash-

I don’t really agree. I find Ishard’s work a great mix of human, personal satire and well thought out and well researched critque.

I believe she is a lecturer at Harvard (no, no surprise they would hire a well-known liberal lesbian), and she posts her sources and holds herself out for all kinds of inspection and criticism.

I found her book very enlightening. I think she presents it as HER views and not as some biblical revelation.

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