... a place where Irf injects some much needed spice and chilli in discussions about Muslims.
Video from Al-Jazeera English. Here is the text accompanying the video.
Tensions are simmering between Bahrain's Sunni rulers and the kingdom's Shia majority population.
The Shias, seeking greater representation in the country's political sphere, accuse the government of fanning sectarian divisions.
But as Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Manama, some Sunnis see the Shia-demand as an attempt to undermine the monarchy.
Hirsi/Magaan wants to change how Muslims relate to God. Yet she doesn't believe in God. And she wants Muslims to take her seriously. Makes sense?
You can watch the full video by clicking here.
But are her Muslim critics also beyond question? What do her experiences say about Muslims themselves, especially those living in Western democratic countries?
Words © 2009 Irfan Yusuf
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I am "far-right" the way Geert Wilders ... is(Comment on a book review I wrote for The Australian. Mate, you said it. Who am I to argue with you?)
... I can see why Irfan Yusuf got the 2007 Allen & Unwin Iremonger
award for public affairs writing: he's slick.
A nasty attack by an Australian blogger named Irfan Yusuf has appeared(From an update on Mr Pipes' blog dated 21 February 2008. No, Mr Pipes, I would never jump on you. I just don't find you physically attractive!)
... Yusuf jumps on me ...
... should send a signal to responsible media everywhere to decline his tendentious writings.(I wonder if, by "responsible", he means that tiny fringe of newspapers and websites happy to print his claims that Barack Obama is a Muslim apostate and attended a madressa? Or that wearing a sarong is "a garment associated with Muslims"? Or that extremists make up 10-15% of the Muslim world population? Well, Mr Pipes, I wouldn't want to pollute my reputation by writing for those kinds of media. You can have them all, mate!)
