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Really? I thought that it was kind of a ecumenist religion that included themes from many religions.
by zknow 1y ago
Really? I thought that it was kind of a ecumenist religion that included themes from many religions.
- overfeed 1y agoI hope gp goes on a tear about the Orange Catholic Bible next, and how outrageous its non-subtle references are.
- NemoNobody 1y agoIt is.
- ffsm8 1y agonot really, pretty old overview on it - but kept up to date it seems (current references to interviews) https://baheyeldin.com/literature/arabic-and-islamic-themes-in-frank-herberts-dune.html https://baheyeldin.com/literature/arabic-and-islamic-themes-... its true that the concept of a _holy war_ isnt unique to the muslim faith though. I never claimed that either however. It's slightly surprising to me how few people seem to be aware of that in HN. Was expecting the general readership here to be a little less obsessively righteous and uninformed on a topic like this, but ymmv I guess