[lbo-talk] Harassment of Nawaal El Saadawi

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 19 12:29:02 PDT 2007


On Mar 19, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> How about some strategic thinking? If you frame it as "Nawal El
> Saadawi vs religion," you'll be pitting her against all religious
> people, but if you frame it as "Nawal El Saadawi vs. 'the authorities
> of Al-Azhar',"

As Dennis Brutus put it, it's a political and religious campaign, and it's being conducted *in the name of religion*. Kind of a crucial point, no?



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