This doesn't shock me. And not Brit-Asians. Brit-Muslims. Far from all of them but still too many & ironically v vocal about it. #Blasphemyhttps://twitter.com/DariusBazargan/status/842748998037463041 …
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This is very different to what we see with Islamism today. Heresy still seen as a big problem but 'insult' & 'disrespect' even worse.
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Part of this comes from the 'honour' culture in which Islam was born & developed but, in the west, it is compatible with postmodern culture.
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The sensitivity to language. Language as violence & oppression. Cultural relativity with a focus on lifting up minority cultures.
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This makes the heirs of western postmodernism very open to understanding 'blasphemy' as injury. It ties in with its own ideas of blasphemy.
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This underscores the need for western liberals to ally with Muslim liberals in defence of free speech & resilience to ideas u really dislike
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