2014年3月27日 星期四

What I Might Have Said If I Had Been on Newsnight...

誰能代表伊斯蘭?
1. 穆斯林呼籲政府監視其他穆斯林,即使在缺乏具體證據情況下?
2. 穆斯林「女性主義者」與「前穆斯林」代表伊斯蘭,呼籲改革伊斯蘭?
On Monday evening, Newsnight convened a panel of Muslims to discuss a short film on the topic of "who speaks for Muslims", made by Quilliam Foundation's Maajid Nawaz. The panel included the journalist Mehdi Hasan and the Muslim commentator Mo Ansar and was chaired, (although arguably not much!) by Jeremy Paxman.
The film itself featured a number of voices which Nawaz argued were marginalised by the Muslim community and served to illustrate his point, on the backdrop of his tweet of a Jesus and Mo cartoon, that Muslims need to be more inclusive and attentive to minority voices.
So, what would I have added to the discussion if I had been present? Probably not much given its shambolic nature, but here are a few points I was hoping to make: