I notice this ‘course’ is being promoted on DeenPort:
Hmmm…
One of the (Muslim) ‘trainers’ on this course says the following:
The [Surrendered Wife] principles essentially apply to married women of the West, which automatically excludes widows. You will find the women of the East are much more ’surrendered’ to the will of Divine decree – they bloom and thrive where they are planted rather than constantly fighting the way things are… The women of the East tend to put up with a lot more, are more hospitable and tolerant of their folk. Which is perhaps why it is more common to see thriving family systems back there.
These observations about families in the East and West appear to me to be nothing more than trite generalisations, based on zero evidence.
Willow 12:21 pm on May 7, 2009 Permalink |
This should have been titled “Why wait for western academics to orientalize you when you can do it so much more efficiently yourself?”
plimfix 1:49 pm on May 7, 2009 Permalink |
I’ve blogged very briefly on this:
http://anarchlyst.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/surrendered-wife/
Omar 3:02 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink |
saying the site was being “promoted” on deenport is an exaggeration. it was posted by a reader on their discussion board.
plimfix 4:35 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink |
As far as I can surmise, Thabet didn’t say it was being promoted “by” Deenport. It is clearly a promotional post. It appears on Deenport. It is therefore being promoted on Deenport. Unless you are reading the particle “on” to mean “by”, but since the post is largely concerned with course itself, rather than Deenport, such an inference would be invalid.
Omar 5:19 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink |
what you say is valid. however, it should’ve been emphasized that it was a reader on their discussion board which promoted the site. sites & articles promoted by deen port have a special area on the right side of the website. anyways, that is all i wanted to say.
thabet 3:50 am on May 9, 2009 Permalink |
What plimfix said.