Archive for July 2nd, 2008
Now They Speak in Paradoxes!
The Quilliam foundation has now been reduced to giving lectures to groups like CIVITAS because most Muslims would rather be deboweled then be associated with this cult! Here is a link to an interesting article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/islam.religion1
My concern is with this idiotic statement of Majid (assuming that he said it and I think it can be quite possible)
“anything can be interpreted in any way”,
He was referring to our rich Islamic tradition! Ok Majid if that is the case and you really believe in naive relativism can I ask you a question? Can I interpret that statement of yours in anyway possible? This is an obvious paradox and really it makes you wonder whether these people have even bothered to get there philosophy sorted out! At least challenge us with the more subtle variations of relativism. The funny thing is this. What did the the author of the article say?
though undoubtedly true, doesn’t exactly help to convince people that your own interpretation is the correct one.
Derrida would be happy. Hey maybe the essential paradoxical nature of reality is the means to our ultimate Nirvana. Oh no! Has Maajid become a Dialectic Buddhist?
