September 12, 2003
Crisis of Islam (book)
Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
After reading Sleeping With the Devil, this book was a nice intro to the history behind how things are today in Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world in general. It talks a lot about the history of Islam from a political perspective, and particularly Wahhabism, the radical Islamic sect flourishing mainly in Saudi Arabia, but being spread all over the Islamic world sponsored by Saudi oil money.
One of the main points of this book is that Islam is fundamentally incompatible with democracy because Muslims are not tolerant of other religions at all when they come to political power because, like Christians, they are always right. Historically, the Islamic identity has not been defined or restricted specifically by nationality, but rather as a collective of all the countries in which Islam is the dominant political force. Also, Islam in and of itself is more of a plan for running a country than a religion.
I'm definitely going to read this book again, probably along side Sleeping With the Devil.
Posted by yargevad at September 12, 2003 05:45 PMWhoever wrote this book had most likely not rad the Quran. It states that you should be tolerant of other religions. Islam is a totally peaceful and simple,straightforward way of life. Its just those few people in the world who mess with this way of life, and screw it up, giving a bad name to the whole of islam. I recommend reading the Quran translations with this book, and see how the author wrong about his points of view.
Posted by: Digimaster at April 19, 2005 06:24 PMThat's very easy statement to make while living comfortably in the free world. This book is not about Muslims who already have some semblance of freedom and how nice they are, it's about the realities of how Islamic countries operate when there is a religious (or ostensibly so) regime in charge.
I therefore reject your theoretical argument in the face of more practical information. Next time leave an email address so I can tell you what you're wrong about.
Posted by: yargevad at April 20, 2005 10:08 AMAlso, your comment about "whoever wrote this book" not having r[e]ad the Qur'an shows that you probably need to do a little more research.
Posted by: yargevad at April 20, 2005 10:11 AM