Dear Rafeek
Monoliths are scary for me at least
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On 01/07/2008, ahmed rafeek j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hi boby,
> unfortunately yes. it was frozen somewhere in history. resurrecting now to
> reclaim the spirit of prophet Mohammad's (pbh) great democratic (wonderful
> in those days) spirit to be reciprocal in the multicultural societies. it is
> the real jihad to reclaim the identity to confront the western/secular
> terrorism.
>
> regards,
> ahmed rafeek
>
>
> On 7/1/08, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Is Islam monolithic?
>>
>> On 01/07/2008, ahmed rafeek j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi,
>>> being nice is not opposite to polemic. nicenesss may fail to be inclusive
>>> of spaces to disagree. members will encourage for common thoughts for nice
>>> acceptability.
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> *If so, why so much disrespect is shown to others' feelings, religion
>>> and gods in practice, almost everywhere Islam is in a powerful position?
>>> Or is it that there is so much disconnect between preachings and practices
>>> in Islam?*
>>> it is islam in europe (our discursive context in connection with ziauddin
>>> sardar)  the 'other'. terrorists and binladen are not against west. they
>>> intensify the 'otherness' of islam in the world over.
>>> but it is high time no to point the finger only at west, US and cia, but
>>> to our own islamic age old ideals and shariat laws to develop the
>>> reciprocity in multicultured socieites. it is because of the same reason of
>>> age old ideals, islam can't confront (no violence meant) the brutal
>>> brahmanic system in india.
>>>
>>> reagards,
>>> ahmed rafeek.
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/1/08, kalyani g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Rafeek,
>>>> Isnt it good that the discussions should get nicer.
>>>> I agree with aftab, I was also pained.
>>>> It was not in good taste.
>>>> Free speech may continue
>>>>
>>>> kalyani
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On 7/1/08, ahmed rafeek j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Please read the corrected word yellow highlighted.*
>>>>>
>>>>> *"free speech doesnt mean you be disrespective to YOUR elders" *
>>>>> *
>>>>>
>>>>> *the discussion seemed to me getting 'nicer', BUT i apologetically
>>>>> admit that my response was insensitive in search of breaking the 
>>>>> 'niceness'.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> aftab, prasad, asma and all others who might get offended, please
>>>>>> accept my apology. (in fact i too liked asma's poems)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ahmed rafeek
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/1/08, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > Hm... very insensitive remark
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On 7/1/08, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > > being romantic in poems on green fields and queens may sound nice,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I am a bit pained by the hidden meaning it conveyed...
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:15 PM, ahmed rafeek j <
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > hi
>>>>>> > > > fortunately islam is not holding the position of dominance in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > > > european context of blasphemy/ secularism.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > no matter what the scripcture preaches transcendental to
>>>>>> history. we
>>>>>> > > > see how brutally the teachings of islam unfolding in the
>>>>>> socieites
>>>>>> > > > where it is dominant like pakistan, s a u d i a r a b i a, a f
>>>>>> ga
>>>>>> > > > nistan and all.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > reciprocal respect in multi-cultured society is not exactly
>>>>>> applicable
>>>>>> > > > in all the context. we 've to be discriminating to the different
>>>>>> > > > groups and communities.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > and romantic imagination of respecting others may include all
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > > > 'stupid' senior citizens, but it may miss the respect the
>>>>>> differences.
>>>>>> > > >  differences will include the time differences.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > being romantic in poems on green fields and queens may sound
>>>>>> nice, but
>>>>>> > > > responsibility is more important in 'actual' world.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > regards
>>>>>> > > > ahmed rafeek
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > On 7/1/08, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > On 7/1/08, Asma Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Dear all,
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Nice discussion.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > There is an ethical or unethical side of things just as we
>>>>>> say
>>>>>> > freedom
>>>>>> > > > > > of expression or censorship.
>>>>>> > > > > > Freedom of expression doesn't mean to be hurtful for a
>>>>>> particular
>>>>>> > sect/
>>>>>> > > > > > group.
>>>>>> > > > > > Islam preaches to respect others' feelings, religion and
>>>>>> their gods.
>>>>>> > > > > > If the Jyllands Posten had published the cartoons only for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > purpose
>>>>>> > > > > > of exercising freedom of expression, it shows how little
>>>>>> they know
>>>>>> > > > > > about freedom.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Free speech doesnt mean you be disrespective to your elders.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > Agreeing with you on all the points except the last underlined
>>>>>> one.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > when you speak of elders, you are speaking of individuals or
>>>>>> perhaps
>>>>>> > "senior
>>>>>> > > > > citizens" and not communities/ sect etc.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > We love the elders than their contemporaries because we value
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> > > > > significant contributions and we dont envy or scornful about
>>>>>> them as
>>>>>> > do
>>>>>> > > > > their same age  or relatively same age group people.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > But a sort of irreverence is required that will only enable us
>>>>>> > understand
>>>>>> > > > > their real worth and have our own way. All people of all ages
>>>>>> have to
>>>>>> > go
>>>>>> > > > > through or face this.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > What do you say.
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > damodar
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > regards
>>>>>> > > > > Asma Siddiqui
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > On Jul 1, 9:07 am, "Dileep Raj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > > May be Gouri Viswanathan's concluding remark addresses your
>>>>>> concern
>>>>>> > > > > > marginally.
>>>>>> > > > > > "To be responsive to unequal power relations in
>>>>>> multicultural
>>>>>> > societies
>>>>>> > > > > and
>>>>>> > > > > > yet at the same time practice a form of criticism that would
>>>>>> > dispense
>>>>>> > > > > > altogether with offense as a measure of belief's
>>>>>> existence:that is
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > > > > real
>>>>>> > > > > > challenge emerging from Rushdie affair."...
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > read more »
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Afthab Ellath <
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> > > > > wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > > >  Rushdie's "blasphemy' was made more hurtful to Muslims
>>>>>> because of
>>>>>> > > > > western
>>>>>> > > > > > > intellectuals' reclamation of him as a secular figure,
>>>>>> marking off
>>>>>> > > > > believing
>>>>>> > > > > > > Muslims as nonsecular or nonwestern.
>>>>>> > > > > > > *
>>>>>> > > > > > > *
>>>>>> > > > > > > >> I think it is an important finding
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > > Although blasphemy in a religious society provides an
>>>>>> index of the
>>>>>> > > > > degree
>>>>>> > > > > > > to which religious opinion has become monolithic, the
>>>>>> existence of
>>>>>> > > > > blasphemy
>>>>>> > > > > > > laws in a pluralistic society ideally acknowledges the
>>>>>> obligation
>>>>>> > to
>>>>>> > > > > protect
>>>>>> > > > > > > difference, on the assumption that without legal recourse
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > > > > individuality
>>>>>> > > > > > > of community difference cannot be protected against the
>>>>>> brutal
>>>>>> > affronts
>>>>>> > > > > of
>>>>>> > > > > > > verbal abuse.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > > >> How will we see it working in Indian context?  What
>>>>>> about the
>>>>>> > rights
>>>>>> > > > > of
>>>>>> > > > > > > M.F. Hussein or Baroda students... Is it different from
>>>>>> that of
>>>>>> > Taslima?
>>>>>> > > > > > > Should we treat the blasphemy on Hindu sentiments and that
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> > Muslims
>>>>>> > > > > > > differently? How will we define the framework of blasphemy
>>>>>> itself?
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Dileep Raj <
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> Some of the observations made in the last chapter of
>>>>>> Gouri
>>>>>> > > > > Viswanathan's
>>>>>> > > > > > >> *Outside the Fold: Conversion, Modernity, and Belief*
>>>>>> (OUP,1998)
>>>>>> > may be
>>>>>> > > > > > >> of interest in this discussion.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> She engages David lawton's "Blasphemy" in that chapter.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 1." … Lawton specifically states at the outset that his
>>>>>> interest
>>>>>> > in
>>>>>> > > > > > >> blasphemy was 're-awakened by the Rushdie affair" and
>>>>>> proclaims
>>>>>> > that he
>>>>>> > > > > does
>>>>>> > > > > > >> not "address this book to anyone who supports killing
>>>>>> writers",
>>>>>> > as if
>>>>>> > > > > all
>>>>>> > > > > > >> those who took offence with Rushdie's novel also endorsed
>>>>>> his
>>>>>> > death
>>>>>> > > > > penalty.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 2.If blasphemy as a concept denotes the past of the
>>>>>> European
>>>>>> > world, it
>>>>>> > > > > is
>>>>>> > > > > > >> also put to use to mark the present of the non-European
>>>>>> world.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 3.Talal Asad's recent criticism that religion in
>>>>>> contemporary
>>>>>> > parlance
>>>>>> > > > > has
>>>>>> > > > > > >> become modernity's alienated self provides a useful
>>>>>> framework to
>>>>>> > > > > analyse the
>>>>>> > > > > > >> distancing of blasphemy from the present, even when
>>>>>> blasphemy and
>>>>>> > its
>>>>>> > > > > > >> persecution exist at the heart of contemporary culture.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 4. Given the persistence of religiously motivated
>>>>>> prosecution
>>>>>> > cases in
>>>>>> > > > > > >> Anglo-American culture, however sporadic they may be, why
>>>>>> do
>>>>>> > Salman
>>>>>> > > > > Rushdie
>>>>>> > > > > > >> and Taslima Nasreen command the kind of rapt media
>>>>>> attention they
>>>>>> > do,
>>>>>> > > > > > >> disproportionate to the attention
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> Given to other blasphemy cases? Why, for instance, is
>>>>>> James
>>>>>> > Kirkup, the
>>>>>> > > > > > >> author of the offending *Gay News *poem, not as familiar
>>>>>> a name
>>>>>> > as
>>>>>> > > > > > >> Rushdie or Nasreen?
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 5. The circularity of the meanings is evident in the fact
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> > whereas
>>>>>> > > > > > >> blasphemy is often a means of self definition for
>>>>>> blasphemers, it
>>>>>> > > > > signifies
>>>>>> > > > > > >> their lack of cultural belonging in the communities they
>>>>>> > challenge,
>>>>>> > > > > which
>>>>>> > > > > > >> condemn them to irreversible expulsion, and virtually to
>>>>>> a state
>>>>>> > of
>>>>>> > > > > > >> foreignness.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>     From internal expressions of dissent, the
>>>>>> construction of
>>>>>> > blasphemy
>>>>>> > > > > > >> as yet again foreign contributes to an endless
>>>>>> polarization
>>>>>> > between
>>>>>> > > > > > >> religions and secularism, community and nation, nation
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> > > > > international
>>>>>> > > > > > >> community. When Salman Rushdie is defended by western
>>>>>> literary
>>>>>> > figures
>>>>>> > > > > and
>>>>>> > > > > > >> intellectuals , his dialogue with Islam is turned into a
>>>>>> > blasphemy
>>>>>> > > > > sponsored
>>>>>> > > > > > >> by the non—Islamic world… As Sara Suleri points out,
>>>>>> Rushdie's
>>>>>> > > > > "blasphemy'
>>>>>> > > > > > >> was made more hurtful to Muslims because of western
>>>>>> > intellectuals'
>>>>>> > > > > > >> reclamation of him as a secular figure, marking off
>>>>>> believing
>>>>>> > Muslims
>>>>>> > > > > as
>>>>>> > > > > > >> nonsecular or nonwestern.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 6.Leonard Levy writes, "when the law punished indecency
>>>>>> or bad
>>>>>> > taste,
>>>>>> > > > > it
>>>>>> > > > > > >> became a class weapon of the prosperous against the
>>>>>> poor.the
>>>>>> > class that
>>>>>> > > > > made
>>>>>> > > > > > >> and enforced the law had little sympathy for the
>>>>>> different taste
>>>>>> > of the
>>>>>> > > > > > >> class that usually broke law. No one prosecuted Mathew
>>>>>> Arnold for
>>>>>> > his
>>>>>> > > > > > >> sarcasms against the Trinity in his *Literature and
>>>>>> Dogma. *
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 7. If blasphemy is now more a discourse of rights than of
>>>>>> creed
>>>>>> > or
>>>>>> > > > > belief,
>>>>>> > > > > > >> it is a reflection of the extent to which culture has
>>>>>> usurped the
>>>>>> > > > > function
>>>>>> > > > > > >> of religion, religious difference itself being
>>>>>> vociferously
>>>>>> > defended
>>>>>> > > > > only
>>>>>> > > > > > >> because it signifies *cultural *difference.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> 8.Although blasphemy in a religious society provides an
>>>>>> index of
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > > > > > >> degree to which religious opinion has become monolithic,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > existence
>>>>>> > > > > of
>>>>>> > > > > > >> blasphemy laws in a pluralistic society ideally
>>>>>> acknowledges the
>>>>>> > > > > obligation
>>>>>> > > > > > >> to protect difference, on the assumption that without
>>>>>> legal
>>>>>> > recourse
>>>>>> > > > > the
>>>>>> > > > > > >> individuality of community difference cannot be protected
>>>>>> against
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > > > > brutal
>>>>>> > > > > > >> affronts of verbal abuse.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Afthab Ellath
>>>>>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> > > > > > >> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>  *If we see them with the framework of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> modern/western individualism we will end up with
>>>>>> advocating
>>>>>> > either
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> irresponsible chaos or state sponsored censorship*
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> **
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> We will be forced to end up in state sponsored
>>>>>> censorship, if we
>>>>>> > start
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> from the fear of "irresponsible chaos"... Western
>>>>>> individualism
>>>>>> > is not
>>>>>> > > > > free
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> from this... That is why as Damodar pointed out more
>>>>>> number of
>>>>>> > books
>>>>>> > > > > are
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> banned in the west than anywhere else...
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> But neither Islamic fundamentalism nor indian bhrahmnism
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> > make
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> a different claim...
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> Freedom of expression is the freedom to express the
>>>>>> > difference... But
>>>>>> > > > > in
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> the west it is the freedom to express the "right" and to
>>>>>> offend
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> "other"...
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, ahmed rafeek j
>>>>>> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> > > > > > >>> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> hi
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> these subtle and overlapping categories of private and
>>>>>> public
>>>>>> > are
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> characteristics of the multi-cultured societies and
>>>>>> hence
>>>>>> > progressive
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> to be enriched. but, if we see them with the framework
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> modern/western individualism we will end up with
>>>>>> advocating
>>>>>> > either
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> irresponsible chaos or state sponsored censorship.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> space for 'differences' is critically important in the
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> > world.
>>>>>> > > > > but,
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> if you apply the yardstick of absolute rights of
>>>>>> individuals,
>>>>>> > which
>>>>>> > > > > is
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> the product of western modernism and was excluding all
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > 'other'
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> groups and communities, you will end up unintentionally
>>>>>> > supporting
>>>>>> > > > > the
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> dominance of white and brahminic elites in society,
>>>>>> arts and
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> administration.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> artisitic expressions are heavily capital embedded.
>>>>>> creativity
>>>>>> > is no
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> more a serene issue of individual freedom. rushdie will
>>>>>> think
>>>>>> > about
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> the publisher and market before he starts writing. mf
>>>>>> hussain
>>>>>> > will
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> visualize the walls of emerging indian middle class
>>>>>> homes where
>>>>>> > his
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> pictures will hang on.  in fact it is good, as a noted
>>>>>> thinker
>>>>>> > said
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> idea is money.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> regars,
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> ahmed rafeek
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> On 6/28/08, Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > Then individual' relgious expressions are private and
>>>>>> > artistci
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> expression
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > are public. How will you account for the private
>>>>>> feelings,
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> violatons of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > one's inner experiences.
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > Can such clean categorisations of religeous and
>>>>>> artistic
>>>>>> > > > > expressions
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> as
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > private and public possible? I am not talking about
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > public
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> mobilization
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > of goons or fascists....  Then how will describe the
>>>>>> public
>>>>>> > > > > religeous
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > experienecs like festivals and celebrations... Even
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> > perfomance
>>>>>> > > > > of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > rituals in public... and is the artistic expression
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> > Taslima
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> entirely
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > public?
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > I think the expressions questioning the expressions
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> > offence (not
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> the
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > expression of freedom) is also form the freedom of
>>>>>> > expression... If
>>>>>> > > > > we
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> ask
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > to regulate such expressions, it will be easy to end
>>>>>> up in
>>>>>> > some
>>>>>> > > > > kind
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > cencerships...
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Abdulkareem U K
>>>>>> > <abdulkareem.uk@
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> gmail.com>
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > I definitely don't want to advocate freedom for
>>>>>> someone who
>>>>>> > use
>>>>>> > > > > it
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> to mock
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > others, or oppress others, or to prove their power.
>>>>>> Jayllands
>>>>>> > > > > Posten
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > editor's argument that they published the cartoons to
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> > muslims
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > understand they should be prepared to face mockery
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> > certainly a
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> show of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > power. But the powerfull is always free to do
>>>>>> anything they
>>>>>> > want.
>>>>>> > > > > They
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> may
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > use the freedom of expression sometime, or some other
>>>>>> cover
>>>>>> > next
>>>>>> > > > > time.
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> They
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > would claim they felt responsible to do that.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > But an artist's right to express ideas and use of
>>>>>> > techniques need
>>>>>> > > > > to
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> be
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > protected. Criticisms on religious beliefs and other
>>>>>> power
>>>>>> > > > > structures
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> cannot
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > be exempted from that. It may hurt individuals, not
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> > they
>>>>>> > > > > were
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > targeted. Many of the religious believes are
>>>>>> systematically
>>>>>> > fed in,
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> mostly
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > with certain interests. If someone finds a problem
>>>>>> there, and
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> expresses it
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > in some form, I don't think the believers are the
>>>>>> targets,
>>>>>> > but the
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> system
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > that make them believe. Often we find it is the
>>>>>> powers that
>>>>>> > drive
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> system,
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > drive mobilisations against such expressions.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > With freedom of expression being such a
>>>>>> double-edged sword,
>>>>>> > if we
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> are to
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > determine whether a particular expression deserve
>>>>>> freedom, it
>>>>>> > can
>>>>>> > > > > only
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> be
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > done after having it expressed, other attempts would
>>>>>> amount
>>>>>> > to some
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> form of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > censorship - which is more volnerable to misuse than
>>>>>> freedom
>>>>>> > of
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> expression
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > itself.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > I agree, not all works are relevent everywhere.
>>>>>> However,
>>>>>> > can we
>>>>>> > > > > say
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> art,
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > literature, voices, and thoughts expressed at some
>>>>>> place in
>>>>>> > some
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> context
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > have nothing to do beyond the context and boundaries?
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > Regards
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > Abdulkareem- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > - Show quoted text -
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bobby Kunhu
>
>
>


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