Re: 99 Problems But a Cape Ain't One: Conservatives Attack Islamic Superheroes
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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I cannot cite a specific reference, but as I recall, it has already been used as a defense in criminal cases here as well. I dont think concern about Sharia is a bad thing, but I do think it will have a difficult time imposing some of its more harsh standards... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter T. Chattaway Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:51 PM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] 99 Problems But a Cape Ain't One: Conservatives Attack Islamic Superheroes > http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/10/19/the-99-muslim-islamic-superhero-comic/ > The inherent Middle Easternness of "The 99" does set it apart from other > television cartoons; I don't think we've seen this cultural context > presented so obviously in children's entertainment since Disney's > "Aladdin" in 1992 (you can count "Prince of Persia" if you like). Well, there was also 1998's The Prince of Egypt, which was explicitly produced with input from Muslim community leaders as well as Jewish and Christian ones. (Of course, I am assuming that Egypt -- and the Sinai peninsula, for that matter -- count as "Middle East".) But that film, like Prince of Persia, takes place in a pre-Islamic context. > Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich recently > came out firmly against Sharia being "considered as a replacement for > American law" (even though no American politician is promoting anything > of the kind). Sharia is coming for our courts and it's coming for our > kids! Well, it's already worming its way into Canadian courts, as per that article I posted last night. So it's not so hard to imagine that it might worm its way into American courts, as well. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot