[lbo-talk] Re: Islamophobia

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Thu Nov 30 14:47:41 PST 2006


On Nov 30, 2006, at 1:43 PM, wrobert at uci.edu wrote:


> The problem is it is a protrayal of Islamic theology that might make
> Bernard Lewis blush due to its orientalist reductionism. Yoshie is
> right
> to say that this is the same logic of the right, and it's a logic that
> says more about male fantasies of the west than it has to do with the
> struggles going on within the Middle East or Islam.
>
> robert wood
>
>
>> I don't see how attaining a better understanding of islam and muslim
>> culture equates with contempt. A revelation regarding a muslim idea of
>> heaven may lead to that better understanding.
>>
>> Martin
>
>

Perhaps it is a more tactical indicator of a shortage of virgins within that culture. We might employ virgins developed by abstinence education.

Martin



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