I want to teach in the Third World (not)
Posted by Marc Hodak on November 30, 2007 under Invisible trade-offs | 
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I think this picture presents a pretty compelling case for why spreading a little more civilization would be a good idea–for someone else to try.
These images will be impossible for the Muslim Council of Britain to overcome no matter what they say. The Sudanese ambassador is whistling in the wind by calling this affair a tempest in a teacup. Politicized Islam, however ugly, is not too different, of course, from politicized Christianity, except for a few centuries of civilization.
Michael said,
“from politicized Christianity, except for a few centuries of civilization.”
ReallY? read up on Al Smith, read news reports concerning Romney and his membership in the LDS: politicized Christianity is alive and well in the US. What do you think ID is but politicized Christianity? What do you think the pushing of gay marriage as a national campaign topic was except politicized Christianity? Have you heard a single Catholic Bishop speak out against Giuliani’s history of backing gay rights and abortion? That is politicized Christianity.
M. Hodak said,
The post didn’t mean that Christianity is no longer politicized–of course it is. Only that the political implications of blasphemy or heresy in many Muslim countries are a couple centuries behind what they were in most Christian countries.
Kat said,
Politics and religion will always go hand-in-hand because religion (or lack of) is the moral basis on which people make all of their decisions – especially political ones. That’s not the point.
In Islamic countries, there is no Rule of Law. There is only Religion and the whims of the Ullema pass for law. It is thus difficult to predict the consequences of one’s actions.
Marc, there is no comparison between Christianity a couple of centuries ago and modern Islam. A couple of centuries ago was the 19th century. Christianity from the dark ages when the Catholic Church had almost complete control is a far more accurate comparison. Then, Christianity wasn’t
“politicized” – it was all encompassing. And the fact that Islam lives in the dark ages in 2007 is precisely the point. Don’t let electricity and modern cars fool you. The resounding desire among them is to return to the 7th century, when Muslims were “perfect”. All modernization – especially individual liberty – is seen as a Western assault on Islam and its “spotless history”.