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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part XV (The Danish Cartoons…)

You may recall that in Part VI of this series (if you have been following it) I suggested that in part Muslims castigated Kurt Westergaard for his depiction of Muhammad as a terrorist, and also that such charge ‘rang hollow’ because the ‘prophet’ was a killer and a terrorist. At the time these... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part XIV (The Danish Cartoons…)

We’re getting to the end of this series, but before we do, I want to reply to at least a few of the comments I received on the way. One came from Simone, and I regard it as a huge compliment, but it is also interesting in other respects. And I reproduce it here not only because I am no more immune... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part XIII (The Danish Cartoons…)

I don’t have the time to put all this in my own words, so I shall give you Robert Spencer’s account of things. And I want all my readers to clearly understand that nothing of what follows is written by some (possibly hostile) historian, but is found in the Islamic records themselves. This record... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part XII (The Danish Cartoons…)

Way back, in Part VI, I wrote that ‘Muhammad, aside from being a ‘Prophet’ and ‘the Messenger of God’ was also a bandit, a killer and a terrorist …’ Just in case people some people might have overlooked it, that little word ‘also’ is of some importance here, because it is intended as a reminder of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 18, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part XI (The Danish Cartoons…)

Where were we? Before our little chat about Aisha? I know it was in a sense tangential to the central issue, which is to what degree Muslims are justified in complaining about Muhammad’s depiction as a terrorist! But talking about Aisha was nonetheless instructive in that it offered another glimpse... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part X (The Danish Cartoons…)

As a follow-up to yesterday’s very brief discussion of Aisha and Sherry Jones’ book The Pearl of Medina, I have decided not to bother reading that book, let alone buy it. The reason? I have checked some more, and find the book distorts history! In her book, the author tells us that Aisha was a girl... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part IX (The Danish Cartoons…)

Here comes the end of the Zaynab story, for those three or four readers who are still with me – the others having run away in droves, LOL. Even our dear Elinjo has fled… It’s especially regrettable that Chuck isn’t dropping in any more… So, to continue with Ibn Warraq’s version of the ‘Zaynab... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part VIII (The Danish Cartoons…)

As I haven’t done often enough, I must thank those who left comments. And I must also apologize again for not responding to you all – my time simply does not permit it. But on occasion there are comments that simply must be answered, and two of those are found in my previous post. One is by Joab,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part VII (The Danish Cartoons…)

Muhammad was born in Mecca into family of merchants in the year 570 AD, and died in Medina in the year 632 AD. In his early years, Muhammad was engaged in trade, and was hired by a woman named Khadija, a distant cousin. He travelled extensively at her behest, apparently as far as Syria. He turned... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Attempted A. or Attempted M.? Part VI (The Danish Cartoons…)

As I mentioned in the previous post, the Muslim complaint about Kurt Westergaard’s cartoon of Muhammad has two aspects. In that post I dealt briefly with the first one, namely the Islamic prohibition against any depiction of the ‘prophet’ which, upon closer inspection, turns out to be far less rigid... Sign in to see full entry.

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