I Love Life More Than I Love

European Children Are Educated In A Narrative Of Human Tolerance Every Day, And If You Want To Be Sure To Prevent A Backlash, You Should At Least Think Of Bringing Muslim Children And Teenagers Into The Fold Of That Narrative Of Tolerance.

The Veil Deliberately Marks Women As Private And Restricted Property, Nonpersons. The Veil Sets Women Apart From Men And Apart From The World; It Restrains Them, Confines Them, Grooms Them For Docility. A Mind Can Be Cramped Just As A Body May Be, And A Muslim Veil Blinkers Both Your Vision And Your Destiny. It Is The Mark Of A Kind Of Apartheid, Not The Domination Of A Race But Of A Sex.

...bear True Witness, Even If It Be Against Yourselves, Your Parents Or Your Family.

In A Well-functioning Democracy, The State Constitution Is Considered More Important Than God's Holy Book, Whichever Holy Book That May Be, And God Matters Only In Your Private Life.

The Christian Take On Hellfire Seems Less Dramatic Than The Muslim Vision, Which I Grew Up With, But Christian Magical Thinking Appeals To Me No More Than My Mother's Angels And Djinns.