Greg

good alternative view but disappointing

Revisado: 08-27-18

I'll just jump to the what I found most irritating. The author is very specific about how she refers to islamic terrorists being 'fundamentalists' and frequently refers to 'westerners' such as george bush as a 'christian fundamentalist' as if the 2 are some sort of immoral equivalents. She complains frequently about the west pitting one islamic extremist organization against another for the west's own gains as if the extremist groups would otherwise just go away if we were just more vocally and financially supportive of women's rights in the middle east. She addresses essentially nothing about how instructively, how inherently violent the koran is, stating that 'her' islam, the 'islam she knows', is peaceful. That's a nice thought but this seems to be a deliberate obfuscation of a material problem with the religion. She is also not afraid of hiding her disdain for the israeli government asserting that the israeli's purposefully target innocent palestinians. It was though interesting to hear her perspective and nice to hear about the many many peaceful muslims, although their fully inadequate efforts to reign in the 'fundamentalists' is disappointing, particularly when there are so few examples of muslim 'moderates' standing up physically to muslim 'extremists' in any sort of meaningful way. She seems to think, in a typically liberally utopian way, that peaceful islam can show up and win a knife fight with an abundance of friendly conversation about women's rights. Her support for secular government structures was also very encouraging to hear. Perhaps this is due to my impression that 'her islam' was more important to her because of tradition and culture rather than due to any religious or spiritual reason.

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Start it but don't finish

Revisado: 08-28-17

Very interesting until the 'typical America is evil' conclusion.
Get thru the first 80%, then move on to another book.

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Audible removed my negative review of the Koran.

Revisado: 08-25-16

Per new Snowflake rules, I'll not repost my original thoughts about the Koran.
It really is sad that one is prevented from expressing opinions.
I'll sum up my 'safe space' review by saying that anybody that says that Islam is a religion of Peace really should be required to read this book.

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50/50

Revisado: 01-22-16

Walter's story of exoneration is worthwhile but the author's many diversions into typical liberal whinings over mean prison conditions and supposedly excessive sentences for people who blow children up with bombs, excusing their behavior because of bad childhoods, is nauseating and tired.

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Necessary info

Revisado: 07-28-15

Tough to get through. Everything in this is important to hear but it is difficult to stay focussed. I feel much more informed having read it.

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