Some thought-provoking links
Apr. 28th, 2006 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperSnurching a couple of links from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kaseido, because I thought they were very interesting and thought-provoking.
First up, an interview with the creator of a comic book which will embody the positive aspects of Islamic culture. I am intrigued by how the writer of said comic elaborates on how the storyline will strive to emphasize the 99 Islamic virtues without trying to be overtly religious about it--and how he draws some parallels with storylines in popular US culture doing the exact same thing with Christianity (e.g., Neo being a Christ figure in the Matrix movies).
Second, an editorial from a liberal Muslim who speaks up about how Osama bin Laden and his ilk are just as lethal to Muslims who disagree with them as they are to Americans and Europeans.
I am pleased to see both of these links, as they help remind me that it's all too easy to think of a religion as a monolithic thing--especially a religion from a culture that is not your own. And that if you look past the surface of a thing, chances are you'll learn something.
Here's hoping that these two things can help advance some multi-cultural understanding. We need more of that in the world.
kaseido, because I thought they were very interesting and thought-provoking.First up, an interview with the creator of a comic book which will embody the positive aspects of Islamic culture. I am intrigued by how the writer of said comic elaborates on how the storyline will strive to emphasize the 99 Islamic virtues without trying to be overtly religious about it--and how he draws some parallels with storylines in popular US culture doing the exact same thing with Christianity (e.g., Neo being a Christ figure in the Matrix movies).
Second, an editorial from a liberal Muslim who speaks up about how Osama bin Laden and his ilk are just as lethal to Muslims who disagree with them as they are to Americans and Europeans.
I am pleased to see both of these links, as they help remind me that it's all too easy to think of a religion as a monolithic thing--especially a religion from a culture that is not your own. And that if you look past the surface of a thing, chances are you'll learn something.
Here's hoping that these two things can help advance some multi-cultural understanding. We need more of that in the world.
