“ ‘People kill their own flesh and blood to satisfy backward tribal values and trad
“ ‘People kill their own flesh and blood to satisfy backward tribal values and traditions that are by no means related to religion’ … Attractive as they are, these views must be put in the context of the wider liberal politics of dialogue and tolerance represented by cosmopolitan youth like him.”- Do Muslim Women Need Saving? (p. 128)I’m including this quote because of the sign’s ambiguous meaning. Is it a defiant attempt to “write against culture” and establish that violence against women in Muslim-majority societies isn’t a sign of religio-cultural inferiority? Is it an attempt to accuse locals who commit violence of operating against their culture? Who is the audience, and how does that complicate the message?- APD -- source link
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