A Jewel It's Not: Review of “The Jewel of Medina: A Novel” by Sherry Jones寶石這不:評“寶石的麥迪:一種新型”由Sherry瓊斯

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.記者謝裡瓊斯,蒙大拿州和愛達荷州通訊員國際新聞機構的國家事務局 ,認為她設想的寶石麥地那 ,她虛構考慮A'isha阿比貝克爾的童養媳,穆罕默德,作為一個“橋樑建設者。“但是,即使這是出版,小說成了一傷亡的文明衝突。 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後,副教授的歷史和中東研究在德州大學,評估手稿為“一個非常醜陋的,愚蠢的,一塊工作”,這把神聖的歷史進入軟核色情出版物,並警告說可能引發暴力,巴蘭坦圖書,一個部門蘭登書屋,諮詢的安全專家,然後與瓊斯達成了一項協議,終止其一百點〇〇〇美元兩書合同...。 Read More閱讀更多

The Myth of “The Myth of Moderate Islam”神話的“神話的溫和的伊斯蘭主義”

In a recent article in The Spectator magazine in the UK, the evangelical leader Patrick Sookhdeo takes a swipe at Muslims and their religion.在最近的一篇文章中,觀眾在英國雜誌,福音派領袖帕特里克Sookhdeo需要刷卡在穆斯林和他們的宗教。 Does his case stand up to scrutiny?他的案件是否經得起審議呢? 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)在倫敦的觀眾 ,“神話溫和的伊斯蘭教”反映了一個危險的趨勢,在戰爭的恐怖。 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.根據幌子通知西方人對伊斯蘭教,他其實是同樣的傳播虛假,反伊斯蘭的爭論已經基於超過 1000多年。 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.本次直接到手中烏薩馬本拉丹,扎卡維,扎卡維和其他人,因為它鼓勵“文明衝突論”,他們如此令人吃驚的願望。 It is indeed of the utmost importance that we learn more about Islam and fight the scourge of extremism with all the tools possible.這的確是極為重要的是我們更多地了解伊斯蘭教和打擊極端主義的禍害與所有可能的工具。 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和那些喜歡他的腐敗這個過程中,尋求推動自己的議程通過轉動的反恐戰爭為意識形態戰爭對伊斯蘭教 ...。 Read More閱讀更多