[lbo-talk] Muslim Solidarity (or Lack Thereof): Danish Cartoons vs. Iranian Nuclear Research

[Jim Devine]

me:>> what I heard [on U.S. National Public Radio, I believe] was that
the Islamic world's reaction against France's (silly, stupid,
self-defeating, etc.) ban on head-scarves was limited because F
opposed the war on Iraq. This is in contrast to the reaction to the
cartoons in Denmark. <<

kj: > I'd think that it's a little bit silly to equate the headscarves
business with the cartoons of Muhammad. <

likely, but those NPR people always sound so authoritative!


>There is dissension within the wider Muslim community about
headscarves, even if the trend everywhere is towards headscarves...<

but the issue is not the headscarves themselves, but the banning of
them, which seems bigoted at best (unless one believes the French bit
about it being purely a matter of secularism).

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Jim Devine
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