I too was present at that same lecture and somehow my recollection of Ms Ridley's lecture are quite different from yours. Alot of what she said made sense and l congratulate her for her courage to stand up and not be intimidated. She actually said what most people are secretly thinking concerning global politics right now. In my books, she is one of only a handful of independant professional journalists, ie those scribes who actually see their job as seeking out the truth, rather than assisting their governments to 'control' the message. As there are only a few of them around these days, particularly in America, its not surprising that you're unable to appreciate her work. When she referred to the two 'christian extremists running our countries' she was playing the west at their own game. She was pointing out how labelling others is offensive . You were clearly offended ( otherwise you wouldn't mention it)and that just proves her point. British Muslims have been bombarded with false labels for the last 5 years and its now beginning to have serious implications for them in terms of victimisation. People need to wake up and realise that. All my British and American friends were delighted with her talk and were just annoyed at the long winded stupid questions she was being asked at the end ,during the question and answer session.I shall be writing to the organisers and asking why access to the microphone was not fairly distributed.You have to admit some of the questions were pathetic Finally, you don't need a journalist to define your role as a Muslim American for you. Even l, as a British non muslim can tell you that you need the Quran and Sunnah.
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Re: Well I am a Muslim and I Blew a Gasket!
Date: 2006-08-30 07:07 pm (UTC)I too was present at that same lecture and somehow my recollection of Ms Ridley's lecture are quite different from yours. Alot of what she said made sense and l congratulate her for her courage to stand up and not be intimidated. She actually said what most people are secretly thinking concerning global politics right now. In my books, she is one of only a handful of independant professional journalists, ie those scribes who actually see their job as seeking out the truth, rather than assisting their governments to 'control' the message. As there are only a few of them around these days, particularly in America, its not surprising that you're unable to appreciate her work.
When she referred to the two 'christian extremists running our countries' she was playing the west at their own game. She was pointing out how labelling others is offensive . You were clearly offended ( otherwise you wouldn't mention it)and that just proves her point. British Muslims have been bombarded with false labels for the last 5 years and its now beginning to have serious implications for them in terms of victimisation. People need to wake up and realise that.
All my British and American friends were delighted with her talk and were just annoyed at the long winded stupid questions she was being asked at the end ,during the question and answer session.I shall be writing to the organisers and asking why access to the microphone was not fairly distributed.You have to admit some of the questions were pathetic
Finally, you don't need a journalist to define your role as a Muslim American for you. Even l, as a British non muslim can tell you that you need the Quran and Sunnah.