keep going on your anti-muslim tirade
If I hated Islam and Muslims, why would I hold up Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Irshad Manji as people to admire?
Why would I complain about the lack of freedom for Muslim women?
Why would I say nice things about my mother's boss, an Iranian refugee from first the Shah, and then the Ayatollah?
Why would I deplore Muslims killing their brother Muslims?
Why would I care about the lack of civil rights in Islamic countries?
Illogical.
If I hated Muslims, I'd be glad they are killing each other, I'd be glad they are blowing themselves up, I'd be glad they are (in large part) impoverished and uneducated.
If I hated Muslims, I'd be glad that Westerners are afraid to invest in industry and infrastructure in the Middle East.
But I am not glad to see fellow human beings suffering.
Pointing out that they are suffering doesn't mean I hate them, and pointing out that they are (in many ways) causing their own suffering isn't due to hatred, either.
My children have a future. My husband has a good job. I have personal freedom Muslim women only dream about. I wish the same for all of them, and everybody.
But -- and this is a big "but" -- as long as no person is allowed to have original thoughts about Islam, see, as examples, Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Irshad Manji in the 21st century, and Ibn Rushd (Averroes) in the 12th century, there will be no scientific advancements, no advancements in human rights, no advancements in industry in that milieu.
Intellectual creation requires intellectual freedom.
You may not be willing to admit it, but you know I'm right. |
