Sunday, August 7, 2005
Salman Rushdie writes of a need for a real Islamic reformation in today's Washington Post. It's worth reading the whole thing, but here's a snip:
The Right Time for An Islamic Reformation
Sacranie is a strong advocate of Blair's much-criticized new religious-hatred bill, which will make it harder to criticize religion, and he actually expects the new law to outlaw references to Islamic terrorism. He said as recently as Jan. 13, "There is no such thing as an Islamic terrorist. This is deeply offensive. Saying Muslims are terrorists would be covered [i.e., banned] by this provision." Two weeks later his organization boycotted a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in London commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz 60 years ago. If Sir Iqbal Sacranie is the best Blair can offer in the way of a good Muslim, we have a problem...
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A good piece by Rushdie; he's absolutely right about Sacranie. Have you seen ... http://mcbwatch.blogspot.com/ ... ?