I just think that it will take 2-3 generations to be acceptable. However, the cultural and religious pressures in the Islamic world that have led to the "war on terror" will inevitably lead to disillusionment, turning inwards and a further fracturing of Islam into different denominations. The Arab Spring is already showing that the old games aren't working, and jihadi movements are (thankfully) largely discredited by now.
However, once serious scholarship starts to look at the Qur'an with more discernment, it will necessitate a "Revised Qur'an" or some such, where the original language has been reconstructed as well as possible.
However, once serious scholarship starts to look at the Qur'an with more discernment, it will necessitate a "Revised Qur'an" or some such, where the original language has been reconstructed as well as possible.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
So winter* draws to an end, and a new Challenge steps up! Any good reads planned for September?
01/09/2011 09:40:05 PM
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I read slow.
01/09/2011 09:58:28 PM
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That's a pretty hefty list of things to be reading at the same time.
01/09/2011 10:06:02 PM
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I can never decide what type of book I should be reading, so I just do all of them at once.
01/09/2011 10:52:29 PM
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I will finish the Western book, and I also fell into The Scarlet Pimpernel
02/09/2011 04:37:17 PM
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I am currently reading everything I can find.
03/09/2011 08:59:55 PM
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Well, you know what the next step is...
03/09/2011 10:19:47 PM
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Current project: The Qur'an (in Arabic with translation).
03/09/2011 10:22:40 PM
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I would think that would be a thankless and tedious task
04/09/2011 09:53:45 PM
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I should've known you'd react that way, after your Luxemberg readings.
04/09/2011 11:22:30 PM
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Altering the Qur'an can and must happen
05/09/2011 12:33:03 AM
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Read LeCarre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy inbetween, but nothing else... oops.
17/09/2011 10:29:43 PM
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Oh, that's a totally good idea!
17/09/2011 10:46:35 PM
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Wait, which challenge?
17/09/2011 11:41:11 PM
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Re: Wait, which challenge?
17/09/2011 11:47:07 PM
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Re: Wait, which challenge?
21/09/2011 08:42:42 PM
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Yes
21/09/2011 08:44:22 PM
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Re: Yes
21/09/2011 08:46:21 PM
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Now you made me realize I could do The Constant Gardener, too...
21/09/2011 09:10:56 PM
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!
22/09/2011 06:10:02 PM
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I decided to illustrate current planned reads (and a few already finished) via pictures and dialogue
04/09/2011 05:04:11 AM
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I finally started the book I've been meaning to read for ages
08/09/2011 06:01:31 PM
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I read Dune for the first time last year, and it was not what I was expecting.
08/09/2011 06:45:22 PM
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Lovely Bones
21/09/2011 04:25:18 PM
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That was pretty much the impression I get from the trailer and reviews, yes...
21/09/2011 09:13:28 PM
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