Its been over a year and a half since the Muslim world was up in arms about a series of images published in a Danish newspaper claiming to represent the Prophet Muhammad. While the Islamic world seems to have forgotten this episode, in Denmark it remains an event which defines for them “who Muslims are”. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cartoons’
The Muhammad drawings
Posted in Society, tagged Cartoons, Islam, Religion on September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dogma in public life
Posted in Society, tagged Arab World, Cartoons, Islam on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the Middle East we define our public (and private) lives by dogmas in which we purport to believe strongly. They can either be religious or non-religious secular dogma. In most Gulf countries, for example, there is a strong dominance of Islamic dogma which appears to define everything, from the way people eat to how [...]
