Talk Islam » Irshad Manji

Has anyone read “Arguing the Just War i …

aziz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:22:50 +0000

Has anyone read “Arguing the Just War in Islam” by John Kelsay? Here’s a review by Irshad Manji.

MMW Weekly Roundup 10/3/08

Fatemeh — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:38:19 +0000

This week on MMW, we look at Muslim women’s sexuality through film, wondered about ethnic/cultural representation in the Guardian’s “This Muslim Life” column, review Sumbul Ali Karamali’s The Muslim Next Door, examine the Manji vs. Mogahed debate, deconstruct cultural and capitalist appropriation of Afghan culture in a New Zealand catwalk, look at Na’ima B. Roberts’ personal journal for the Times Online, review Azadeh Moaveni’s Lipstick Jihad, and crown ourselves queens of the Friday link list.

Talk Islam: Dalia Mogahed* v Irshad Manj …

thabet — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:54:57 +0000

Talk Islam: Dalia Mogahed* v Irshad Manji.

Both speakers were not clear on the need for political reform (the real problem), although Mogahed does touch on it at the end.

*Co-author of Who Speaks for Islam?

Why Irshad Manji irritates me

muse — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:02:16 +0000

Why Irshad Manji irritates me (its not just the hair). More eloquently stated than I ever could.

…because of the trials and tribulations that Manji faced as a child, because of the personal experiences that Manji had and the choices she’s made, she has taken the sum of those experiences and built the foundation of her argument around them such that they take on a scope that is completely inappropriate. That because they were or are issues for Manji they must be equally important issues for all Muslims in all times and in all places.

Read the whole thing.

(h/t Margari Aziza Hill)

“I could not believe she was not an ath …

aziz — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:34:52 +0000

“I could not believe she was not an atheist,” says Ayaan Hirsi Ali of Irshad Manji.

http://tinyurl.com/6lz6sy