Comments on: Muslims Shouldn’t Be Patronised With Praise For Condemning ISIS

By: Russell Burn

Russell Burn — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:49:53 +0000

Re the above. As it awaits moderation, I realise it probably does, in particular incautious use of expletive, and I also understand the spontaneous outburst, which is just about the only way I can produce anything remotely satisfactory, will be more responsible once I have expanded on the points mentioned, where I intend to deploy consideration for all those who maybe need to explore some potentially psychologically damaging or compromising truths regarding their deepest held convictions, But I won’t properly know until I do it. My own blog may present some thoughts about the meaning and purpose of art in our illusion of a freedom loving society. Suffice to say I won’t be offended should you decide not to post it, creative chaos always requires some moderation to be remotely tolerable. We can only attempt honesty.

I like this blog you got here, as far as I’ve managed to read. Painfully rational! Great. Irrationality needs it.

By: Russell Burn

Russell Burn — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:53:18 +0000

Because Muslims have been keen to be aroused en mass to protest against blasphemy and other insults to their faith, many have expressed dismay at the lack of even greater protest against this real insult of Daesh . And when a honest Muslim from Berkshire is heard on radio admitting that while most “ordinary UK Muslims” deplore the massacre at Charlie Hebdo , most would also secretly satisfied (can’t recall the precise word, it may have been “pleased” or similar) that the insults to the prophet had been avenged, which lined up with so many other Muslim responses in media to the effect that deplorable yes, but they shouldn’t have insulted the faith, actually , fuck it! Being an artist , the defence of Islamic sensitivities at the expense of our hard won freedoms has insulted and threatened us ever since the Rushdie scandal, and need to let off steam with some unchecked fair minded invective of my own, on behalf of a deeply insulted secular society etc as many other people have finally had enough of being silenced by the threat of being labelled racist and “Islamophobic”. Islam, what’s there to like? Respect what? We respect people who take responsibility for what they promote. Tolerant indifference has been forced into active research , and I happily shake hands and talk with anyone as an equal about anything they like as long as violence etc is not even a latent possibility. … But I think it’s the height of condescending disingenuity having criticised and satirised and openly insulted Christianity half to death to go out of our way to allow devout Muslims to boss us back to respectful silence, …… Thanks for introducing us to the excellent brother’s comment above, I look forward to researching him and drop this here as the beginning of something to be completed later elsewhere.

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ISIS really is a Muslim organisation - Skeptical Science — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 05:31:44 +0000

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What To Do About ISIS? | Janelle the Atheist — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:35:19 +0000

[…] here as it brings up the need for more Muslims who are not just moderates but progressives: http://www.gspellchecker.com/2015/11/muslims-shouldnt-be-patronised-with-praise-for-condemning-isis/. The blog contains an interesting passage written by a Muslim who says the […]