Osama and Orientalism: Where Islamophobes Meet Al-Qaeda
…the modern Muslim Reformation. By moving the power away from the scholarly class and breaking tradition, the standard division between political and religious authority is bridged. The Muslim Reformation has happened, and bin Laden is the standard bearer. Those who argue for further Muslim Reformation are in fact arguing for more Saudi Arabia-like states and more bin Ladens in the world. It is this basic ignorance of tradition that allows people t…
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