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FR

I haven't read shit in here but it occurred to me that you are all arguing whether what - "Can a Muslim Scholar Write About Christianity?".

The fact is, he just did.

T^T

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Ahhh yes, that StormFront meme again... call minorities racist at every chance.

And that has what to do with the thread topic?

I think you will find you introduced race into the thread, no one else.

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Isaac Asimov held no doctorates in literature, physics, or math, that isn't the way that academic research works.

And comparing Reza Aslan to Isaac Asimov is not how rational thinking works.

K.

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Any one who is Muslim is automatically guilty of ... something serious. They remain guilty until proven other wise.

To a bigot, yes. Those who are not understand that is bullshit.

This seems to be a persistent theme in certain Right wing quarters in the US. It is parroted by the looney Right here in Australia, and from what I can see, the same applies in the UK too. It even rocks up here on CM, as a glance at some of the more rabid Right wing posts at the "Why Arabs Dislike the US' thread will confirm. Islamophobia has reached stratospheric levels among the poor misguided folk of the looney Right and the Zionists they support so fanatically.

It happens on both sides. Trying to make it into a right vs left conflict just muddies the waters and make you look biased.

Whatever happened to free speech? Surely that means that any one can write about anything they want. This particular author seems to possess perfectly acceptable academic credentials to tackle the subject he has chosen. Even if he had no academic credentials, that doesn't disqualify him in any way from writing whatever he likes about any topic he pleases.

I agree he should be able to write about anything his little heart desires. And if someone else questions something about the book they also have the freedom to ask questions about it.

Any one can allege bias by any given author in their treatment of their subject. Any such allegation requires evidence from the text itself to substantiate it. Unless one can justify a case for bias from the text itself, and not solely on the author's real or suspected beliefs, it is difficult to see how the author's personal beliefs necessarily imply bias. Without supporting evidence from the text, allegations of bias are usually without merit.

Books should be considered on their merits. Authors too should be considered on their merits ie. the merits of the texts they produce. The insinuations of bias by the no doubt supremely uncredentialed, far-from-impartial folks at Fox tell us more about their own voluminous set of prejudices than any thing else.

Why do you watch it if you hate it so much?

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Why do you watch it if you hate it so much?

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Ahhh yes, that StormFront meme again... call minorities racist at every chance.

And that has what to do with the thread topic?

I think you will find you introduced race into the thread, no one else.

It was first mentioned in post !4, perhaps you missed it.

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And I think we will find that you are once again making things up to derail a thread.

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There are views on both sides.

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But he is far from neutral regarding either Islam or Christianity.

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

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ORIGINAL: Powergamz1

Ahhh yes, that StormFront meme again... call minorities racist at every chance.

And that has what to do with the thread topic?

I think you will find you introduced race into the thread, no one else.

It was first mentioned in post !4, perhaps you missed it.

Perhaps I missed it because it isnt fucking there........ Dont let that stop you though.

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~ FR ~

While Ms. Green rather obviously took offense at Aslan's book, approached the interview with a chip on her shoulder, and behaved in a rude and indefensible way, there is something to be said for casting a jaundiced eye upon it.

Aslan is best known for his earlier work, "No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam," in which he glorifies the Medina verses and dismisses Islam's excesses by attributing them to "misinterpretation" and a reaction to "Western Imperialism."

Imagine, if you will, an author who writes a Christian apologetic that makes its centerpeice the Sermon on the Mount and attributes the Spanish Inquisition to "misinterpretation" and a reaction to the Muslim conquest of Spain. If that same author, who of course only just "happens" to be Christian, next writes a book portraying the prophet Mohammed as a pedophiliac liar who suffered hallucinations, would you need a map? It would be slammed as a hatchet job, and "Zealot" is no different.

Christ was about as far from being a zealot as you can possibly get, and manifestly not imbued with "a fervent nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews."

Aslan holds no doctorates in either history or religion. He teaches Creative Writing, and "Zealot" is right up his alley. Fortunately, neither the Roman Pontiff nor the Archbishop of Canterbury are likely to issue a "fatwa" calling for his death, and we will not be troubled by hordes of frothing Christians raging at the insult to their Christ.

K.

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Why do you watch it if you hate it so much?

KNOW YOUR ENEMY!!! - the best reason to watch Fox and the Right-Wing Media cartel, since they are the enemy of the United States and all that it stands for.