[excepting, of course Abraham and Isaac; that is, Ibraham and Ismael]
we need to work out of a different logic when using religious texts or
considering persons and images from the worlds of islam, judaism,
christianity etc
the problem is when the two worlds--that of ordinary reality, and of
spiritual reality--are conflated.
soyinka thought that was the subject of Death and the King's Horseman,
which is why he put that warning into his intro to the play on how to
read it. of course he wasn't quite right, but that's another story
ken
On 12/12/12 2:29 PM, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
> I could have
> asked him, " And what if the Prophet of Islam asked you to slaughter
> your mother, your brothers and sisters, your wife your sons and
> daughters?"
>
> Of course he will respond: " But the prophet of Islam salallahu alaihi
> wa salaam would not command me to do such evil acts.!"
--
kenneth w. harrow
faculty excellence advocate
distinguished professor of english
michigan state university
department of english
619 red cedar road
room C-614 wells hall
east lansing, mi 48824
ph. 517 803 8839
harrow@msu.edu
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