tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post7214073080726933346..comments2024-03-19T02:52:09.340-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: In Admiration of MalalaLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-55690242409218520852014-05-14T10:16:35.460-05:002014-05-14T10:16:35.460-05:00I just now saw this:
"In April Brandeis Univ...I just now saw this:<br /><br />"In April Brandeis University reversed its decision to give Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born women’s rights activist, an honorary degree at commencement after an online petition drew attention to her pejorative statements on Islam (e.g. 'Islam is the new fascism').LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-38025427530853791902014-05-13T16:06:12.189-05:002014-05-13T16:06:12.189-05:00Thinking Friend Temp Sparkman writes,
"The t...Thinking Friend Temp Sparkman writes,<br /><br />"The thing I appreciate most about her response to the evil done her is that she wishes to be known for her passion for the education of girls. Remarkable!"LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-71175847145695665562014-05-12T10:37:16.978-05:002014-05-12T10:37:16.978-05:00Brian Terrell, an ardent anti-drone activist, post...Brian Terrell, an ardent anti-drone activist, posted the following comments on Facebook (after I posted the link to this blog article there):<br /><br />"Thank you, Leroy. The Taliban and Boko Harem are not the only warlords and killers of women and girls who need to be confronted. Malala showed great courage last fall when meeting with President Obama.<br /><br />"'I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people,' she told him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/.../malala-yousafzai-meets.../ <br /><br />"Unfortunately, her plea fell on deaf ears and the carnage from drone assassinations mounts. We need Malala's influence here in the US as well, perhaps here most of all."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-39643150225569117112014-05-12T07:48:59.239-05:002014-05-12T07:48:59.239-05:00In light of my 4/30 blog posting, I was interested...In light of my 4/30 blog posting, I was interested in the following from "I Am Malala":<br /><br />"I was one of five nominees for the international peace prize of Kids Rights, a children's advocacy group based in Amsterdam. My name had been put forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa" (p. 298, LPE).<br /><br />(On the following page, Malala notes that she was awarded Pakistan's first ever National Peace Prize.)LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-55970900125027978482014-05-11T20:15:36.026-05:002014-05-11T20:15:36.026-05:00Ayaan Hirsi Ali used the word "Islamist"...Ayaan Hirsi Ali used the word "Islamist" in the quotation above. While this word can mean just an Islamic scholar, its current use usually reflects a specific spin on Islam, in the form of political fundamentalist Islam. In that sense, both Malala and Ali are opposed to Islamist theory and practice, as is Irshad Manji, on whom I commented recently. Malala and Manji are doing this within Islam, even as Ali has chosen to totally leave Islam. This is quite parallel to the situation in the Christian world, where Christian fundamentalism might cause on person to write "Fed Up With Fundamentalism" while another might become an atheist. Since Manji was born in Uganda, just on the other side of Kenya from Somalia, she might be an even better contrast to Ali than Malala. <br /><br />Personally, I have the highest respect for all three of these women. Perhaps a good subject for a future column would be the boundary line between thinking faith, whether Christian, Islamic, or other, and atheism. What if atheists are just prophets in disguise?Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-1697369799487359752014-05-10T06:28:14.650-05:002014-05-10T06:28:14.650-05:00According to Wikipedia, "Ayaan Hirsi Ali [b. ...According to Wikipedia, "Ayaan Hirsi Ali [b. 1969] is a Somali-born American women's rights and atheist activist, writer and politician who is known for her views critical of female genital mutilation and Islam."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-90265913649044391132014-05-10T06:25:00.858-05:002014-05-10T06:25:00.858-05:00Local Thinking Friend Eric Dollard has just sent t...Local Thinking Friend Eric Dollard has just sent the following comments:<br /><br />"Yesterday the Wall Street Journal carried an article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who writes, 'The Nigerian terror group reflects the general Islamist hatred of women's rights. When will the West wake up?'<br /><br />"Ayaan takes a more critical view of Islam than Malala, but they are still fighting the same fight for women--a fight not restricted to Islam, as you pointed out."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com