farishta
04-07-2007, 11:50 PM
I was given this site by an american friend. Please, read this and listen to the audio. And share your opinions here. what do u think? if you have to discuss this with somebody with different religion, how would you respond?
Today on KMOX, I talked with Irshad Manji, controversial author of “The Trouble with Islam Today (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312327005/harrisonlinecom/),” and subject of an upcoming PBS documentary, “Faith Without Fear (http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_faith_without_fear.html).” We discussed having the image of her religion hijacked by extremists, and what Muslims in North America can do to change that. We also talked at length about how, in many Islamic Middle East nations, women are treated as less than second-class citizens, and the government does nothing about honor killings and stonings. I asked Irshad about the violent reaction of extremist Muslims to those Danish cartoons, and whether the American media had allowed fear to overwhelm its free speech role by refusing to show those cartoons. It is exactly that violence which has led to death threats against Irshad from Muslims who don’t like her opinions. Listen (http://www.harrisonline.com/audio/irshadmanji.mp3). Learn more about Project Ijtihad on Irshad’s website (http://muslim-refusenik.com/).
Today on KMOX, I talked with Irshad Manji, controversial author of “The Trouble with Islam Today (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312327005/harrisonlinecom/),” and subject of an upcoming PBS documentary, “Faith Without Fear (http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_faith_without_fear.html).” We discussed having the image of her religion hijacked by extremists, and what Muslims in North America can do to change that. We also talked at length about how, in many Islamic Middle East nations, women are treated as less than second-class citizens, and the government does nothing about honor killings and stonings. I asked Irshad about the violent reaction of extremist Muslims to those Danish cartoons, and whether the American media had allowed fear to overwhelm its free speech role by refusing to show those cartoons. It is exactly that violence which has led to death threats against Irshad from Muslims who don’t like her opinions. Listen (http://www.harrisonline.com/audio/irshadmanji.mp3). Learn more about Project Ijtihad on Irshad’s website (http://muslim-refusenik.com/).