Comments on: Religion is a language http://shirhashirim.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/religion-is-a-language/ Song of Songs and everything Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Surveying belief « Shir ha Shirim Weblog http://shirhashirim.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/religion-is-a-language/#comment-51 Surveying belief « Shir ha Shirim Weblog Fri, 09 May 2008 07:49:00 +0000 http://shirhashirim.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/religion-is-a-language/#comment-51 [...] Every time scientists want to get a grasp of belief or believers, they fall into the same pits: uninformed, hideously unclear questions about the fuzziest of concepts, that altogether betray an unhealthy familiarity with only the most vocal, most literal and most primitive forms of the belief studied and desperately trying to force believers to speak their language. [...] [...] Every time scientists want to get a grasp of belief or believers, they fall into the same pits: uninformed, hideously unclear questions about the fuzziest of concepts, that altogether betray an unhealthy familiarity with only the most vocal, most literal and most primitive forms of the belief studied and desperately trying to force believers to speak their language. [...]

]]> By: ammani http://shirhashirim.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/religion-is-a-language/#comment-24 ammani Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:07:19 +0000 http://shirhashirim.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/religion-is-a-language/#comment-24 Dishonor killings are believed to have their origins in misinterpretations of pre-Islamic Arab tribal codes. They pre-date Islam by centuries and, in fact, are un-Islamic. Nonetheless, it is fairly obvious to an experienced eye that the murders of the beautiful Said sisters in suburban Dallas were dishonor killings. Ellen R. Sheeley, Author "Reclaiming Honor in Jordan" Dishonor killings are believed to have their origins in misinterpretations of pre-Islamic Arab tribal codes. They pre-date Islam by centuries and, in fact, are un-Islamic.

Nonetheless, it is fairly obvious to an experienced eye that the murders of the beautiful Said sisters in suburban Dallas were dishonor killings.

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
“Reclaiming Honor in Jordan”

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