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Am I the only one reading this article as needlessly anti-Islam? I'm not Muslim, but I certainly wouldn't attack their faith as "delusional superstitions".
by dahdum 9y ago
Am I the only one reading this article as needlessly anti-Islam? I'm not Muslim, but I certainly wouldn't attack their faith as "delusional superstitions".
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoOr at least single it out for that treatment... I think the more difficult problem with Doctorow's criticism specifically is the degree to which many Saudi women support the system. Are there also critics? Yes, of course, and I personally hope they make the kind of social changes the article champions. But it's not really something that can be forced on them from the outside.
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- dcre 9y agoI don't think he's talking about Islam in general, he's talking about Wahhabism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism
- hyperdunc 9y agoDelusion and superstition is a large part of most religions. It's legitimate to criticize Islam for this, especially considering that morally questionable applications of Islam - such as Sharia - directly reference superstition. If we accept that more accurate representations of reality generally lead to better outcomes, then criticism effectively becomes a moral imperative.