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Jowan M retweeted
So when the World Cup was in Qatar, we were all told we had to conduct ourselves in accordance with Islamic society. Now that the World Cup is being held in the West, we are still being told we need to conduct ourselves in accordance with Islamic values.
Interesting...
This is why so much contemporary ideology and politics feels outdated. It bases grand claims not on reality and complexity, but on simplistic moral narratives.
Keir Starmer: "Muslims are successful, brilliant, and creative people. They have made an enormous contribution to Britain's history, in goodness, art, and education. They are the face of modern Britain.”
xitter.cf/RadioGenoa/status/2052…
Imagine the reactions if someone said: “White people are brilliant and are the face of the world.” People would immediately think what an essentialist - and even racist - statement.
Of course, this kind of collective praise is socially acceptable when it’s about certain groups.
Keir Starmer: "Muslims are successful, brilliant, and creative people. They have made an enormous contribution to Britain's history, in goodness, art, and education. They are the face of modern Britain.”
xitter.cf/RadioGenoa/status/2052…
Instead of discussing institutions, values, integration patterns, or socioeconomic conditions, we speak about enormous populations as if they were identical insects moving in collective formation.
Jowan M retweeted
Mehdi Hasan says he believes Muhammad split the moon in two and that he flew to heaven on a winged horse.
How can anyone take anything that he says seriously?
People not only accept but dwell on the idea that values differ across social classes, generations, phases of a country’s history, and between Christianity and atheism. But when it comes to Islam and Western core values, that logic flies out the window.
Those who argue that Islam is compatible with Western values have little to counter once a basic point is made: values are shaped by material conditions & existential security. Where insecurity persists, values prioritise obedience & social control over autonomy & liberal norms.
Jowan M retweeted
Is Islam compatible with Western values? According to @JowanM, the real question is not whether one side is “good” and the other “bad,” but how different value systems shaped by very different historical conditions fit together in the same society.
A very important piece for this moment in history.
🔗realityslaststand.com/p/is-i…
To those who say a simple no is enough: that is precisely the logic religion uses to shut down debate. Serious questions cannot be reduced to yes or no, least of all if the aim is to make those who disagree think.
Differences between value systems depend on the conditions under which those systems emerge. Islam is incompatible with liberal, secular democracies on rational and sociological grounds alone.
Is Islam compatible with Western values? According to @JowanM, the real question is not whether one side is “good” and the other “bad,” but how different value systems shaped by very different historical conditions fit together in the same society.
A very important piece for this moment in history.
🔗realityslaststand.com/p/is-i…
