Skybird
02-15-06, 11:14 AM
http://people.freenet.de/Skybird/DialogueWithIslam.rtf
I have uploaded a new essay on this thing called “dialogue with Islam” – what it original intentions were, how it turned into a monologue, by what processes of European self-denial this change was influenced, why it’s intentions collide head-on with Islam, and why it is so dangerous and destructive for democracy and Western culture. I consider this dialogue to be the most destructive and threatening factor Western society currently is exposed to, and thus I focus not just some comments but a whole essay on it.
I am basing my opinion in this essay on the works by Tilman Nagel, Hans-Peter Raddatz and Ignaz Goldziher, on their books and essays and lectures. Partially I integrated excerpts of these not word-by word, but by their meaning and spirit. I do not feel bad doing so, for the texts on which I depended for writing this essay reflect my own opinion that I built as a general consequence of these author’s input as well as a result of reading many other different works as well, personal thoughts of mine, and personal experiences of mine. It’s just that I and the three names I mentioned agree on very many things. Not that I can rival with these author’s encyclopedic knowledge… :)
The four essays I copy in full length at the end I left untouched and uncommented, they speak for themselves. I agree on their general statements.
Hope I'll keep you busy :D
I have uploaded a new essay on this thing called “dialogue with Islam” – what it original intentions were, how it turned into a monologue, by what processes of European self-denial this change was influenced, why it’s intentions collide head-on with Islam, and why it is so dangerous and destructive for democracy and Western culture. I consider this dialogue to be the most destructive and threatening factor Western society currently is exposed to, and thus I focus not just some comments but a whole essay on it.
I am basing my opinion in this essay on the works by Tilman Nagel, Hans-Peter Raddatz and Ignaz Goldziher, on their books and essays and lectures. Partially I integrated excerpts of these not word-by word, but by their meaning and spirit. I do not feel bad doing so, for the texts on which I depended for writing this essay reflect my own opinion that I built as a general consequence of these author’s input as well as a result of reading many other different works as well, personal thoughts of mine, and personal experiences of mine. It’s just that I and the three names I mentioned agree on very many things. Not that I can rival with these author’s encyclopedic knowledge… :)
The four essays I copy in full length at the end I left untouched and uncommented, they speak for themselves. I agree on their general statements.
Hope I'll keep you busy :D