Irshad and the Fatwa Fact
Irshad Manji is a brave soul. Hearing her unabashed criticism of contemporary Islam on the UberCorrect BBC in 2004 was a real shocker. I loved her instantly!
I recently saw her splendid lecture-performance at the UberCorrect ALA on the Progressive Broadcasting System. She ended her show with a treat: an enthusiastic recitation from Roald Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Very Well.
The perhaps potentially slightly embarrassing thing is that her talk dealt very much with the Rushdie affair. Is she aware that Roald Dahl was one of Rushdie’s severest critics at the time of the Fatwa? [see this article for a brief on the Rushdie affair as well as Dahl's view among others] Does it matter? Would she care?
I shall send her a note. It can’t hurt!
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