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:‎