Religion, Politics & Medicine

This is a high quality post by Marc Manley criticizing Irshad Manji, the author of The Trouble With Islam Today. There is a clarity and subtlety which exists here which I haven’t found in other critics of her. I’ve linked the post below.

Today was an odd turn of events that had the building which houses my office on UPenn’s campus, play host to a talk on Islam by one of today’s most darling Muslim pundits, Irshad Manji. A self-proclaimed Muslim reformist, activist, human rights lobbiest and lesbian, Irshad gave a talk to an attentive audience which was comprised of both Muslim and non-Muslim, old and young alike. Dr. Leonard Swidler, from Temple University, was also on hand to add to the discussion. But, unfortunately, like her book, The Trouble With Islam Today, the talk was filled with nothing more than drivel. And that’s just the good part. Continue Reading…