The context for this post has been brewing for quite some time. It came about because I have been spending time researching arguments about Islam to investigate some claims made about that particular religion (see this, for instance). One of the concepts that people who don’t understand Islam is the notion of taqiyya. Simply put, …
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Too Much Information
I’m not usually one given to nostalgia of a simpler time and place. This is our world; it’s big. It’s complex. It’s there. We deal with it, usually by carving out a niche, staying there while staying away from the ugliness that might be out there. We can visit those parts of the world through …