Sunday, January 25, 2004
RHYS-DAVIES TO GET KILROY-SILKED?
I haven't posted on this, mostly because it too closely resembles the Kilroy-Silk nonsense of several weeks ago -- and that lunacy almost wore me out. But others have stayed the course. Being American in T.O. notes:
I guess it was predictable that there would be a backlash against John Rhys-Davies for remarks he made asserting the worth of Western Civilization and declaring it and its accomplishments worth defending. . .
Robert Spencer's article in FrontPage magazine, defending Rhys-Davies (quoted by Being American), is the single best response I've seen:
. . .Naz Malik of All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema), piled on: “I do not know why he has said these things. If 50 per cent of people in Holland under 18 are Muslims in 16 years time, so what? . . . We live in a global society - we celebrate what is good in cultures and challenge what is bad in civilisations. Does he ever listen to any music other than European? Does he eat Indian food? Does he ever appreciate art other than that from Europe? I feel sorry for this actor because he must feel very insecure about his future. I feel sorry for his close mindedness.”
Well, I don’t know how much Rhys-Davies knows about Islam. But I would be glad to discuss with Malik the reasons why non-Muslim Westerners are concerned about growing Muslim populations. In reality, it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the fact that Islamic law, the Sharia, makes no provision for non-Muslims to live as equals with Muslims in an Islamic society. It has to do with the fact that Islamic law institutionalizes the subjugation of women and a panoply of draconian punishments. This isn’t about food and music. It’s about human rights. . .
And that is really the crux of the problem. Do the likes of Malik ever listen to such? Of course not. After all, playing the "offended" card is oh, so much easier than confronting some very hard truths. ¶ by Robert, Sunday, January 25, 2004
I haven't posted on this, mostly because it too closely resembles the Kilroy-Silk nonsense of several weeks ago -- and that lunacy almost wore me out. But others have stayed the course. Being American in T.O. notes:
I guess it was predictable that there would be a backlash against John Rhys-Davies for remarks he made asserting the worth of Western Civilization and declaring it and its accomplishments worth defending. . .
Robert Spencer's article in FrontPage magazine, defending Rhys-Davies (quoted by Being American), is the single best response I've seen:
. . .Naz Malik of All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema), piled on: “I do not know why he has said these things. If 50 per cent of people in Holland under 18 are Muslims in 16 years time, so what? . . . We live in a global society - we celebrate what is good in cultures and challenge what is bad in civilisations. Does he ever listen to any music other than European? Does he eat Indian food? Does he ever appreciate art other than that from Europe? I feel sorry for this actor because he must feel very insecure about his future. I feel sorry for his close mindedness.”
Well, I don’t know how much Rhys-Davies knows about Islam. But I would be glad to discuss with Malik the reasons why non-Muslim Westerners are concerned about growing Muslim populations. In reality, it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the fact that Islamic law, the Sharia, makes no provision for non-Muslims to live as equals with Muslims in an Islamic society. It has to do with the fact that Islamic law institutionalizes the subjugation of women and a panoply of draconian punishments. This isn’t about food and music. It’s about human rights. . .
And that is really the crux of the problem. Do the likes of Malik ever listen to such? Of course not. After all, playing the "offended" card is oh, so much easier than confronting some very hard truths. ¶ by Robert, Sunday, January 25, 2004
