Pixelated Semantics

A schizotypical inventory

Excessively free ideas

A challenging view of the English language is quoted in a review of the book God's Terrorists by Charles Allen in The Independant. According to one Jihadist, Enlish is

'...so closely connected with materialistic life that it is not only harmful but dangerous for the spiritual life. If a young man, before learning Quran and the traditions of the holy Prophet in detail, learns English and reads English books... he will become an unreligious, uncultured person with excessively free ideas to such an extent that it would not only be difficult but impossible to reform him.'

If you compare the current western ultra-conservative views of 'excessively free ideas' with Jihadist Islamic notions there may not be much difference: and those who disdain their cultural flavours of 'bible-bashing' are likely to find no support on any side of power.

Item posted by AutoEditor at 11:33 am ::