12-06-2007, 12:05 PM
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Posted by Sandeep on December 5, 2007 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)
Mahmood A. Madani, one of the prime torchbearers of the recent Calcutta riots, expounds on Taslima Nasreenâs "offensive passages" in Dwikhandita. He supports intellectual debate "but not rubbish."
Rubbish isnât worth debating so what is he angry about? The answer lies in the middle of a pile of circuitous stuff about his perception of the freedom to air your views, etc:
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In what is styled as an account of her life, Nasreen airs her views on Islam, the role of women in it, the Quran and so on. This much is unimpeachable: since everyone is entitled to their views. Itâs paragraphs on the Prophet, between pages 64 and 66, that are believed to be "grossly indecent", in bad taste, and not worthy of any intelligent debate on the Prophet or the religion he founded. [â¦] "People think we are angry because she has written against the burqa," says Madani. "We are not fools. You are entitled to your views on the burqa. I am open to an intellectual debate on Islam. But not the kind of rubbish she has written about the personal life and character of the Prophet. She has called him an aiyash (philanderer), written about his relations with women and dirty details I cannot repeat.
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There cannot be any intellectual debate on Islam minus Muhammad. Things like burqa are simply derivatives of the core of Islam. To that extent, Madani is a pious Muslim because in Islam you can only worship Muhammad, not scrutinize his life.
A brief gloss at the offensive passages reveals that there is truth in what she has said about Muhammad. We can begin with Khadija to trace Muhammadâs relations with women. One wonders why after her death the conditions of women in that region altered drastically. After Khadijaâs death, Muhammad aged 50, married 11 (or 13?) women in different age-ranges with the youngest aged around 9.
Perhaps Taslima has taken her poetic licence too seriously to qualify for "dirty details" but what she has written is historically-verifiable. And that history makes Madani uncomfortable and angry.
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2007/12/05/thou-...ze-the-prophet/
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Posted by Sandeep on December 5, 2007 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)
Mahmood A. Madani, one of the prime torchbearers of the recent Calcutta riots, expounds on Taslima Nasreenâs "offensive passages" in Dwikhandita. He supports intellectual debate "but not rubbish."
Rubbish isnât worth debating so what is he angry about? The answer lies in the middle of a pile of circuitous stuff about his perception of the freedom to air your views, etc:
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In what is styled as an account of her life, Nasreen airs her views on Islam, the role of women in it, the Quran and so on. This much is unimpeachable: since everyone is entitled to their views. Itâs paragraphs on the Prophet, between pages 64 and 66, that are believed to be "grossly indecent", in bad taste, and not worthy of any intelligent debate on the Prophet or the religion he founded. [â¦] "People think we are angry because she has written against the burqa," says Madani. "We are not fools. You are entitled to your views on the burqa. I am open to an intellectual debate on Islam. But not the kind of rubbish she has written about the personal life and character of the Prophet. She has called him an aiyash (philanderer), written about his relations with women and dirty details I cannot repeat.
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There cannot be any intellectual debate on Islam minus Muhammad. Things like burqa are simply derivatives of the core of Islam. To that extent, Madani is a pious Muslim because in Islam you can only worship Muhammad, not scrutinize his life.
A brief gloss at the offensive passages reveals that there is truth in what she has said about Muhammad. We can begin with Khadija to trace Muhammadâs relations with women. One wonders why after her death the conditions of women in that region altered drastically. After Khadijaâs death, Muhammad aged 50, married 11 (or 13?) women in different age-ranges with the youngest aged around 9.
Perhaps Taslima has taken her poetic licence too seriously to qualify for "dirty details" but what she has written is historically-verifiable. And that history makes Madani uncomfortable and angry.
http://www.sandeepweb.com/2007/12/05/thou-...ze-the-prophet/
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