tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post2523033906210460862..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Some stuff worth reading...on open borders, Bowie, vegans and High Street robots (plus other goodies too!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-24908386564943765232016-01-14T19:44:55.939+00:002016-01-14T19:44:55.939+00:00That first article was grand. Perhaps the first Mu...That first article was grand. Perhaps the first Muslims to see the benefits of secularism and irreligion would be the Shia, Ahmadis, etc. They may not, by nature, be any more liberal than the majority but they'll be liberal soon enough when they realise a liberal society protects them from "community" aggression.<br /><br />Perhaps we will see a rise of cultural "Islam" shorn of any actual religious part, the way some people are culturally Jewish, the same as being "Catholic" is part of being Irish, Filipino, Italian or (like me) Polish.<br /><br />I think the Catholics are in certain ways more woman-friendly than Prods, of course there are the obvious objections to that, but the exaltation of the Virgin Mary has led to a higher status for women than in Islamic or Protestant societies, with the Reformation having very firmly put women back in what was considered to be their place.<br /><br />And of course without so much of this in Islam, it's difficult too think of any obvious way this might change but I think the "minorities" will see it first, though it's maddening that the likes of Moody Hassan are showing no sign of doing so.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com