Re: CITR and the Koran

Good observations...a good essay to read that describes these facts in more
detail is Edward Said's recent essay in Harper's magazine -- one of the last
two or three issues. There's an article by Stanley Fish about relativism in
that issue as well.

That's exactly his thesis.

Jim

Scottie Bowman wrote:

> I presume the idea is to broaden understanding in the aftermath
> of last September & Middle Eastern events generally. But I wonder
> really how much relevance a grasp of the Koran has to that enterprise.
> It's like suggesting that a mastery of the King James Bible or
> of Humanae Vita will illuminate the conflict in the North of Ireland.
> Only very, very marginally.
>
> Scriptures can be used - and are, all the time - in diametrically
> opposed ways to support almost any political stance. 'Islam',
> nowadays, is essentially a tribal badge - just like 'The West'.
> The tribes have grown to existence along many different routes
> - economic, historic, & the rest. The religion of the tribe (whether
> Islam or Humanist Capitalism) is now little more than a handy
> combustible to fuel the fire.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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