I demand that the governments of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Indonesia and Egypt apologise to me. Otherwise I am unfortunately forced to threaten, beat up, kidnap or behead their citizens. Because I am somewhat sensitive about my cultural identity.
I feel offended.
Fanatics are blowing up the Buddhas of Bamiyan, marvellous cultural monuments.
But art is an expression of universal beauty and innocence to me. It is a value that makes the world better and more peaceful.; this is the tradition in which I was raised.
I demand that Hamas, the spokesman of the French Muslims and the Director of the Al-Azhar-University apologise to me. Otherwise I will never spend a holiday at the Taj Mahal, I will call for a boycott of Palestinian fruit and I will set the embassies of Tunisia, Qatar and Bangladesh on fire.
I expect understanding for this at the very least – my feelings are absolute and must be expressed globally. — "What next, bearded one?"
The article doesn't really say anything much that hadn't been said before — but what's notable to me is that the author, Sonia Mikich, was writing in die tageszeitung in Germany.
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Talk about an arc--from the dawn of time (tribalism) across all of the past, and disppearing just over the hill to alight at--tribalism? and quoting old TS Eliot, to 'know the place for the first time' ?
I remember when the Taliban blew up the Buddhas. I thought, My god these people still farm with wooden plows and they are blowing up thousand year old Buddhas. What a bunch of backward bigots.
I still feel that way. They really are backward bigots.
And as a woman I demand justice for the enslavement and humiliation of my gender. So I guess you could say I am calling for a fatwa too.
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