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Most democratic processes (which include …

thabet — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:26:05 +0000

Most democratic processes (which includes the media, the political structures and the education systems) resemble large-scale exercises in groupthink.

Alexandra Fawcett is a good example of a …

thabet — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:38:48 +0000

Alexandra Fawcett is a good example of a liberal who talks about ‘human rights’ as though they exist in a vacuum.

Thursday thread: Shahed’s post at Beliefnet argues …

aziz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:46:30 +0000

Thursday thread: Shahed’s post at Beliefnet argues that muslim-Americans’ natural political home is the Progressive Left. However, I remain skeptical that the Left will ever be more than an ally of convenience; in my experience, progressive lefties are equally likely to impose their morality (or rather, their secularism) on others as conservatives are. It’s difficult to argue for preservation of our religious values when we are marching alongside Amy Richards and her ilk. The rhetoric of the progressives is one of tolerance and inclusion, but the reality is that they are not immune to xenophobia - it was Hillary Clinton who led the charge against Dubai Ports World. And we cannot ignore the simple truth that the Left has an innate hostility to religious expression, most particularly with respect to issues of personal choice like hijab.

(I made the case against a strong alliance with the Left in more detail at City of Brass)

“When we championed trash culture we ha …

thabet — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:16:48 +0000

“When we championed trash culture we had no idea it would become the only culture.”

Why did the fathers of the American Revo …

thabet — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:40:20 +0000

Why did the fathers of the American Revolution hate America?

Liberal nationalism: an oxymoron? Dis …

thabet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:25 +0000

Liberal nationalism: an oxymoron?

Discuss.

Rowan Williams is accused of being stuck …

thabet — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:20:24 +0000

Rowan Williams is accused of being stuck in a colonial mindset at a breakaway Anglican conference.

Yahya Birt, in a recent article for Emel …

thabet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:28:26 +0000

Yahya Birt, in a recent article for Emel magazine, argues that “[c]onverts to Islam must be deconstructed as moral persons to make safe the boundary around liberalism (and indeed Islam), marked by words of rejection and acts of violence, such is the dangerous ambiguity of free choice, of acceptance and betrayal, that the convert represents.”

toleration: the studied and practiced indifference

Lawrence of Arabia — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:10:02 +0000

toleration: the studied and practiced indifference on the part of the community to discovering a form of life that is Good, Beautiful and True

What are the limits of liberalism?

thabet — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:34:40 +0000

What are the limits of liberalism?