[Dean's World] Aziz P: pimping for speakers' fees

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Posted by Aziz P:
pimping for speakers' fees
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1142285209.shtml


   go [1]read Matoko-chan. She quotes from an important [2]post at Aqoul
   about the Manifesto of supposed "muslim" moderates - actually a band
   of secularists, apostates, and a self-proclaimed muslim "refusenik".

   She closes with this essential observation:

     We absolutely suck at memetic warfare.

     [...] If i could do something, i would instantiate program funding
     for both al-Iraqiya and al-Jazeerha to run programs of scholarly
     debate on the Qu'ran. No content control. Get the best scholars in
     the ME debating these issues in public.

     But all i seem to be able to do is be frustrated about how simple
     it is to manipulate peoples' belief systems for evil, while no one
     seems interested in doing it for good.

   also flagged by matoko - the [3]comment by Glenn that the Dubai ports
   fiasco may be an example of we being outplayed - in a game meant to
   isolate us from our Arab allies and thus torpedo the goal of bringing
   liberty to the Middle East. And who wins should that goal falter?

References

   1. http://quantumghosts.blogspot.com/2006/03/son-of-moderate-muslims-post.html
   2. http://www.aqoul.com/archives/2006/03/the_moderate_mu_1.php
   3. http://instapundit.com/archives/029052.php