Religion Rachel Woodlock's article

[Sloth]

This is the article:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

And this is the author:

A little disclosure would have been nice, Rachel

 

[HarryTiger]

This is the article:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

And this is the author:

A little disclosure would have been nice, Rachel

Only in the liberal arts department do you find folks wearing mohair snuggies at work.

 

[MightyFighting]

This is the article:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

And this is the author:

A little disclosure would have been nice, Rachel

It was written by a cabbage patch kid?

 

[blackcat]

This is the article:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

And this is the author:

A little disclosure would have been nice, Rachel

are you daft?

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...Monash+University.&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=o&oq=

Rachel Woodlock is a researcher and doctoral candidate at the Centre for Islam and the Modern World, Monash University.

 

[Sloth]

are you daft?

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/co...e-focus-of-misplaced-fears-20100219-olqk.html

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...Monash+University.&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=o&oq=

Are you? Where does it state that she is a headscarf wearing muslim? kind of changes the whole context of her article.

 

[Chief]

So anyone reporting on, say, the war in Afghanistan has to explicitly disclose their religion?

 

[blackcat]

Are you? Where does it state that she is a headscarf wearing muslim? kind of changes the whole context of her article.

do all jews have to disclose their religion?

Are only WASPs privileged about disclosure?

I don't know what your issue is, is it her, her choice of religious garb, the article, or her religion. Seems a wee bit intolerant. Just a teency weency wee bit

 

[Sloth]

So anyone reporting on, say, the war in Afghanistan has to explicitly disclose their religion?

Why would that be?

 

[MightyFighting]

So anyone reporting on, say, the war in Afghanistan has to explicitly disclose their religion?

No, but a Muslim advocating sharia law should probably do so.

 

[Sloth]

do all jews have to disclose their religion?

Are only WASPs privileged about disclosure?

I don't know what your issue is, is it her, her choice of religious garb, the article, or her religion. Seems a wee bit intolerant. Just a teency weency wee bit

A little bit? I'm extremly intolerant of religion imposing itself on our secular society.

 

[blackcat]

how is it imposing itself?

I think a tenet of a secular society is choice and freedom. Implicit is freedom to choose a religion, or not. And this article just highlighted the intolerance of some people's choice at one particular religion.

If you are pro-freedom and choice, you would be anti-intolerance at such choice. I do not see muslims wishing to impose any version of sharia law. The islam practised in the West, is not fundamentalist, by whole. I do not know where the resent stems, or who foments and confects such sentiment. Well, occasionally, you do see tabloid media raising a "spectre" of the other. But really, this is irrational. Islam is no problem to Australian way of life. The only problem is wars of adventure into Islamic territory as I see it.

 

[Generalissimo]

No, but a Muslim advocating sharia law should probably do so.

Where in the article does Woodlock advocate Sharia law? I thought the gist of the article was that all that crap gets left behind when Muslims immigrate here.

 

[MightyFighting]

Where in the article does Woodlock advocate Sharia law? I thought the gist of the article was that all that crap gets left behind when Muslims immigrate here.

To be honest, I only read the first paragraph, and possibly misinterpreted it.

Carry on.

 

[Chronik Fatigue]

Are you? Where does it state that she is a headscarf wearing muslim? kind of changes the whole context of her article.

Duuuh...

Rachel Woodlock is a researcher and doctoral candidate at the Centre for Islam and the Modern World, Monash University.

 

[Sloth]

Duuuh...

Rachel Woodlock is a researcher and doctoral candidate at the Centre for Islam and the Modern World, Monash University.

So they only allow muslims into that faculty?

 

[Generalissimo]

So they only allow muslims into that faculty?

I would have thought it was restricted to people who have studied Islam and therefore can speak with authority on matters relating to Islam and its followers.

...wait, looks like you just torpedoed your own point.

 

[Chief]

No, but a Muslim advocating sharia law should probably do so.

Why would they specifically need to disclose this?

 

[freo heave ho]

Are you? Where does it state that she is a headscarf wearing muslim? kind of changes the whole context of her article.

So are you implying that the only thing wrong with the article is that it was written by a muslim?

If you have an issue with what she said, state the issue. If not, why does her religion make any difference in the slightest?

 

[MightyFighting]

Why would they specifically need to disclose this?

Vested interest.

 

[Chronik Fatigue]

Fail thread

 

[cancat]

Why would they specifically need to disclose this?

I believe she is coming into your kid's school to teach them religion Chief

 

[blackcat]

So they only allow muslims into that faculty?

instructive of empathy and community loyalty, unless she is an Orientalist of the likes of Bernard Lewis. I first questioned "are you daft". I can revise it, and mean it as rhetorical.

 

[blackcat]

So are you implying that the only thing wrong with the article is that it was written by a muslim?

If you have an issue with what she said, state the issue. If not, why does her religion make any difference in the slightest?

got nothing to do with the ract she was a muslim Freo. It was she was/is a headscarf wearing muslim. The worst kind. The reds under the bed variety. She will take our freedoms with her headscarf, and she will impose Sharia law by the will of her headscarf. Headscarves are dangerous!

I believe she is coming into your kid's school to teach them religion Chief

lol

 

[Sloth]

So are you implying that the only thing wrong with the article is that it was written by a muslim?

If you have an issue with what she said, state the issue. If not, why does her religion make any difference in the slightest?

If I read an article about a listed company I want to know if the writer owns shares in it. Isn't that fair enough?

 

[Chief]

They're selling shares in Islam now?