A Jewel It's Not: Review of “The Jewel of Medina: A Novel” by Sherry Jones宝石这不:审查“麦地那宝石:一种新型”由Sherry琼斯

Journalist Sherry Jones, the Montana and Idaho correspondent for the international news agency the Bureau of National Affairs , maintains that she envisioned The Jewel of Medina , her fictionalized account of A'isha Abi Bakr, the child bride of Muhammad, as a “bridge builder.” But even before it was published, the novel became a casualty of the clash of civilizations.记者谢里琼斯, 国家事务局蒙大拿州和爱达荷州通讯员国际新闻机构,认为她设想建设者宝石麦地那 ,她虚构穆罕默德巴克尔考虑A'isha阿比童养媳,对,作为一个“桥梁。“但是,即使这是出版,小说成为了文明冲突的牺牲品。 After Denise Spellberg, associate professor of history and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Texas, assessed the manuscript as “a very ugly, stupid, piece of work” which turned sacred history into soft-core pornography and warned that publication could provoke violence, Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, consulted with security experts and then negotiated an agreement with Jones to terminate their $100,000 two-book contract….丹尼斯Spellberg后,历史和中东研究助理教授,德克萨斯大学,评定为“一个非常丑陋的,愚蠢的,一块工作”,这变成了软核色情神圣的历史,并警告说可能引发暴力出版的手稿,巴兰坦图书,随机楼司与安全专家咨询,然后与琼斯达成了一项协议,以终止其一百点〇〇〇美元两书合同...。 Read More阅读更多

The Myth of “The Myth of Moderate Islam”以“温和的伊斯兰教神话”的神话

In a recent article in The Spectator magazine in the UK, the evangelical leader Patrick Sookhdeo takes a swipe at Muslims and their religion.在英国杂志最近的一篇文章,在观众中,福音派领袖帕特里克Sookhdeo刷卡需要在穆斯林和他们的宗教。 Does his case stand up to scrutiny?他的案件是否经得起审议呢? Patrick Sookhdeo's article (July 30, 2005) in London's The Spectator , “The Myth of a Moderate Islam” reflects a dangerous trend in the war on terror.帕特里克Sookhdeo的文章(2005年7月30日)在伦敦的观众说:“温和的伊斯兰教神话”反映了反恐战争的危险趋势。 Under the guise of informing Westerners about Islam, he is in fact spreading the very same disinformation that anti-Islamic polemics have been based upon for over 1,000 years.在西方人的通知关于伊斯兰教的幌子,他是在传播同样的假,反伊斯兰的争论已超过1000多年的事实根据。 This plays directly into the hands of Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and others, for it encourages the “clash of civilizations” they so appallingly desire.本次直接把乌萨马本拉丹,扎卡维,扎卡维和其他人的手中,因为它鼓励的“文明冲突”他们如此令人吃惊的愿望。 It is indeed of the utmost importance that we learn more about Islam and fight the scourge of extremism with all the tools possible.这确实是至关重要的,我们更了解伊斯兰教和打击一切可能的工具极端主义的祸害。 But Sookhdeo and those like him corrupt this process, seeking to advance their own agenda by turning the war on terror into an ideological war against Islam….但Sookhdeo和那些喜欢他的腐败这个过程中,寻求推进,将其变成一对伊斯兰教的意识形态战争,反恐战争...他们自己的议程。 Read More阅读更多