WR Jonas, it looks like your vaguely implying that I’m practicing Taqiyya.
Being a cautious American in a post 9/11 world is a good thing. There are indeed Muslims practicing Taqiyya when dealing with Americans and non-Muslims.
Being super paranoid is something else all together. Draw the line somewhere.
MikeM, the following two articles will answer your questions.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7122562.stm
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article24988
You said:
“They don’t seem to have taught their children the meaning of their religion.”
Islam and its various aspects mean different things to different Muslims.
swassociates, most Sudanese Muslims in Khartoum ignored the spectacle since they believed it to be utterly silly and not worth their time.
venividivici, it seems that you’re hostile to faith in general. If someone lives by an interpretation that is personal and mainly spiritual, I don’t see why you
should be but hey, I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.
Morton Doodslag, I understand that for you it’s hard to tell whose interpretation is right or wrong. Well let’s just say this, you’ve got the crazy rigid types and
you’ve got liberals, seculars, reform-minded, moderates etc. All your stance does is reaffirm the interpretations of the former as valid while ours as “fake”.
That isn’t helpful, constructive or even strategic.
Little Much, you may want to check out these two links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7122562.stm
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article24988
dougf and David W. Lincoln, see my reply to Morton Doodslag.
