tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426200676311693431.post1390624084053464898..comments2022-04-01T03:01:51.711+00:00Comments on Sumayyah Evans: Please Sir! I've left HT!Sumayyah Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045901310105255799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426200676311693431.post-24805095241604866572008-01-14T11:06:00.000+00:002008-01-14T11:06:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.ssiddiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911071009626421616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426200676311693431.post-50393909936333975662007-11-03T17:54:00.000+00:002007-11-03T17:54:00.000+00:00Saw this TOP response on another forum, about Maji...Saw this TOP response on another forum, about Majid coming out<BR/><BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>Richard,<BR/><BR/>I am surprised that yet again Newsnight devoted so much airtime to Islamic "defectors" - especially on a day when I had expected you to cover the evolving Petraeus/Iraq issue.<BR/><BR/>The overall narrative of all of these defectors is a deeply flawed account of their lives from men who were unable to accept that the core of their problems were themselves, and the poor choices that they have made. They now present themselves as another of Islam's self-styled liberal reformers. Although the product has changed, their earnestness and enthusiasm for their newfound ideology (much like that of the nighttime TV shopping channel spruiker) has not. My view did not change by seeing Nawaz on Newsnight.<BR/><BR/>I know that several ex-HuT wallas have come out of the woodwork to denounce Islam recently, when really they should be denouncing themselves. Whilst they seem to offer the truth of the ex disciple turned whistle-blower, I have not seen or read anything that encourages me to believe that their personal megalomania and narcissism has in any way diminished.<BR/><BR/>Whilst all of these authors may offer some insights, with varying degrees of faithfulness, the uselessness of this genre in literature is equivalent to the "I was ravished by an Arab, ravish me again" school of writing. They offer the easy conformation of our pre-existing beliefs, but as an instrument to navigating the wider encounter with the Muslim world, they are as irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>Ali Eteraz has written an excellent piece on the media reliance on former terrorists and radicals:<BR/><BR/>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-eteraz/media-reliance-on-former-_b_54842.htmlivegoturnumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916392920602288423noreply@blogger.com