tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post7524876321336823021..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: ISIS brides in a spiritual wasteland: on Tabish Khair’s Jihadi JaneJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1781344231260388922016-07-27T03:46:49.379+05:302016-07-27T03:46:49.379+05:30Ok. That topic (of how religion lays down these ro...Ok. That topic (of how religion lays down these roads) probably deserves a post in itself- if not a book! Would look through your previous posts on this topic.<br />Aanchalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583862813545712649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-33241020680248909732016-07-23T05:41:07.266+05:302016-07-23T05:41:07.266+05:30You come to a pretty dramatic and definitive concl...<i>You come to a pretty dramatic and definitive conclusion about religion at the end of the blog</i><br /><br />Don't know about dramatic/definitive, but yes, I have written about religion quite a bit in the past - don't have much patience with the idea that religion is inherently all about goodness and peace and truth, and the bad things done in its name come from "misinterpretations" of the holy books, etc. But like I also said, the book is engrossing and sensitive enough that I didn't feel much need to argue with it or to preach from my non-religious pulpit.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-34944004569746696282016-07-22T23:26:00.786+05:302016-07-22T23:26:00.786+05:30You come to a pretty dramatic and definitive concl...You come to a pretty dramatic and definitive conclusion about religion at the end of the blog! Possibly unlike the author, who seems to be speaking from Jamilla's voice of "a lifetime of soul searching" , which I interpret to mean that she (and hence Khair) are still looking for answers.Aanchalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583862813545712649noreply@blogger.com