re: #6 Justanotherhuman

It’s just too bad that Ms. Hirsi Ali had to align herself to the RWNJs since, because of her own experiences within Islam, she would have been a terrific women’s rights advocate without the kind of baggage she’s engendered for herself.

I’m rather on the ledge about her advocacy, though, and if it’s really sincere. I’m an ex-Catholic who disagrees so much with the church and with religion in general that I have grown to be a fierce atheistic feminist, and I don’t mind criticizing any and all religions for what they foist on women, not just the ones I have experienced.

Brandeis is within its rights to deny her the honor, though.

She’s fine with Catholics (and Jews), at least as of 2007.

I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims. Because my Catholic and Jewish colleagues are fine. The concept of God in Jewish orthodoxy is one where you’re having constant quarrels with God. Where I come from, in Islam, the only concept of God is you submit to Him and you obey His commands, no quarreling allowed. Quarreling or even asking questions means you raise yourself to the same level as Him, and in Islam that’s the worst sin you can commit. Jews should be proselytizing about a God that you can quarrel with. Catholics should be proselytizing about a God who is love, who represents a hereafter where there’s no hell, who wants you to lead a life where you can confess your sins and feel much better afterwards. Those are lovely concepts of God. They can’t compare to the fire-breathing Allah who inspires jihadism and totalitarianism.