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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
Irshad is a very smart women, she writes well and makes her point very clearly. It's important to undertand this isn't a book againist Islam, this book is againist the damage Muslims have done to Islam. She talks about the trouble with Jihad and the way the Koran is interpreted wrongly, the fact that some leader won't allow Muslims to read the book in any language but arabic, yet only a small number of the world's muslim actually read/speak arabic. It's a very eye opening book and it makes one more aware of the trouble within Islam.
I don't like Manji's writing style/tone, but I agree with her central argument: that we need more open discussions about and within Islam. A close-minded Islam has no place in today's world.
A thought-provoking read that has made me keen to learn more. I found the six chapters of this book excellent. As an atheist who knows little about Islam, I found much to learn from the book, and much that I wanted to learn. I suspect it may be an unintended consequence of this book that I feel I can understand, better than I could before, some actions taken in the name of Islam. I can also see where the author is coming from on her call for reform; the concept of, and the author's questioning of, 'foundamentalism' is very relevant, and needs to be considered by, at the very least, every Western Muslim.
Where the books loses points, for me, is that the author fails to acknowledge that some of the problems she highlights in relation to Islam, could equally apply to Catholicism or other religions; nor does she recognise that the roots of any religion lie in the desire to control, and will always reflect the traditions and mores of the area and time in which it originated.
Where the books loses points, for me, is that the author fails to acknowledge that some of the problems she highlights in relation to Islam, could equally apply to Catholicism or other religions; nor does she recognise that the roots of any religion lie in the desire to control, and will always reflect the traditions and mores of the area and time in which it originated.
That the 5% Muslim population of Denmark takes in 40% of the welfare handouts (mentioned on page 210) appears to be a complete fabrication. Far right-wing lie. The original claim seems to come from Pipes and Hedegaard, both alt-right and anti-Muslim figures, who provide no source for their numbers.
I also don't think Manji takes the Israeli apartheid analogy seriously and overlooks both the harsh treatment of non-Israeli Palestinians in addition to how difficult it is for a Palestinian born in the occupied territories to become an Israeli citizen.
On page 216 she talks of the Dutch Muslim Broadcasting System supplying hateful content to Dutch public television on Sept 11 2001, but I wasn’t able to figure out what the content was or if it even happened. Does anybody know what Manji is talking about?
On page 220, she claims a Muslim cabbie was exonerated for rape because of cultural sensitivity? I can find no matching case in 2001-2003. I don’t know what she’s referencing, but it sounds like something from InfoWars (which claims migrant rapes aren’t investigated anymore in some countries).
I also don't think Manji takes the Israeli apartheid analogy seriously and overlooks both the harsh treatment of non-Israeli Palestinians in addition to how difficult it is for a Palestinian born in the occupied territories to become an Israeli citizen.
On page 216 she talks of the Dutch Muslim Broadcasting System supplying hateful content to Dutch public television on Sept 11 2001, but I wasn’t able to figure out what the content was or if it even happened. Does anybody know what Manji is talking about?
On page 220, she claims a Muslim cabbie was exonerated for rape because of cultural sensitivity? I can find no matching case in 2001-2003. I don’t know what she’s referencing, but it sounds like something from InfoWars (which claims migrant rapes aren’t investigated anymore in some countries).