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ah....I just saw the first part of that link and I thought for sure that was it...
I just watched it though and it's interesting that Wafa Sultan (in the link I provided) touches on the same problem of the Muslim population (in their motherland not the ones that moved to the Western world) being quite stagnant over the last century.
They have become intellectually bereft and as Adonis so candidly puts it, "[A]re in a phase of extinction, in the sense that we have no creative presence in the world."
I also thought this part was interesting:
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Interviewer: "What are the reasons for growing glorification of dictatorships - sometimes in the name of pan-Arabism, and other times in the name of rejecting foreigners? The glorification comes even from the elites, as can be seen, for example, in the Saddam Hussein trial, and in all the people who support him."
Adonis: "This phenomenon is very dangerous, and I believe it has to do with the concept of 'oneness,' which is reflected - in practical or political terms - in the concept of the hero, the savior, or the leader. This concept offers an inner sense of security to people who are afraid of freedom. Some human beings are afraid of freedom."
Interviewer: "Because it is synonymous with anarchy?"
Adonis: "No, because being free is a great burden. It is by no means easy."
Interviewer: "You've got to have a boss..."
Adonis: "When you are free, you have to face reality, the world in its entirety. You have to deal with the world's problems, with everything..."
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It's sad really.
They have the people, they have the resources, it's unfortunately their own fear and/or anger that's eating them from the inside out (or so it seems). |
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