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Vaishnav Sunil's avatar

In other words I have no desire to denigrate the religion in some metaphysical way. I just see it as a relevant variable that’s more than useful in diagnosing threats to western liberalism

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Brilliant piece.

The usual absolutions by western apologists for Islam totally ignore the justifications provided by the religious books for violence, male domination, punishing women and discrimination against other religions. While carrying out the Mumbai terror attacks, the terrorists were constantly being fed with the promise of martyrdom and a fast track to paradise by their handlers over satellite phones - and the only motivating tool deployed to convince those young men was religion.

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