{"id":5458,"date":"2007-06-22T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2007-06-22T02:22:01","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T20:52:01","slug":"irshad-manji-is-offended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/irshad-manji-is-offended\/","title":{"rendered":"Irshad Manji is offended"},"content":{"rendered":"
In an excellent article<\/a>, Irshad Manji<\/a> explains why she is offended by the Muslim world’s reaction to Salman Rushdie’s knighthood. She sums it up by saying:<\/p>\n Above all, I’m offended that so many other Muslims are not offended enough to demonstrate widely against God’s self-appointed ambassadors. We complain to the world that Islam is being exploited by fundamentalists, yet when reckoning with the opportunity to resist their clamour en masse, we fall curiously silent.<\/p>\n In a battle between flaming fundamentalists and mute moderates, who do you think is going to win?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Of course, it’s not only in Islam, or even religion, that we see battles between flaming fundamentalists and mute moderates. But that’s the biggest battleground of our times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an excellent article<\/a>, Irshad Manji<\/a> explains why she is offended by the Muslim world’s reaction to Salman Rushdie’s knighthood. She sums it up by saying:<\/p>\n Above all, I’m offended that so many other Muslims are not offended enough to demonstrate widely against God’s self-appointed ambassadors. We complain to the world that Islam is being exploited by fundamentalists, yet when reckoning with the opportunity to resist their clamour en masse, we fall curiously silent.<\/p>\n In a battle between flaming fundamentalists and mute moderates, who do you think is going to win?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Of course, it’s not only in Islam, or even religion, that we see battles between flaming fundamentalists and mute moderates. But that’s the biggest battleground of our times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,27,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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