OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY: The "OT" bit references historical, literary, cultural issues (the particulars), the "theology" bit references the Big Picture (and why it matters). These two poles are expressed in the title. This blog concerns everything in between.
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Son of Hamas gets asylum
I posted this afternoon on the trial awaiting Mosab Hassan Yousef, the "Son of Hamas." The answer is now out: he has been granted asylum:
Malaysia has some strange rules...something by Dawkins or Hitchens is allowed without question (since they see it as anti-Christian), but since SoH has what they deem to be anti-Palestinian sentiments it's not available at even the major outlets (Borders, MPH, etc.). Sometimes they are allowed to order these types of books, but not shelf them.
Malaysia isn't radical at all in most areas (my community is almost all Chinese for instance and the Malays in the area aren't very radical), but I've heard from lots of people that it's much more than 10 years ago and much, much more than 40 years ago.
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The book is banned? Is Malaysia that radical? It's not even primarily about Islam but about Hamas, as far as I understand.
Malaysia has some strange rules...something by Dawkins or Hitchens is allowed without question (since they see it as anti-Christian), but since SoH has what they deem to be anti-Palestinian sentiments it's not available at even the major outlets (Borders, MPH, etc.). Sometimes they are allowed to order these types of books, but not shelf them.
Malaysia isn't radical at all in most areas (my community is almost all Chinese for instance and the Malays in the area aren't very radical), but I've heard from lots of people that it's much more than 10 years ago and much, much more than 40 years ago.
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