tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post6097224094092430005..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: IstanbulMaysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-13695459632273304582009-06-29T13:44:26.773+01:002009-06-29T13:44:26.773+01:00too bad i didnt know u were visting the middle eas...too bad i didnt know u were visting the middle east - i would have reminded you to visit us over here in israel..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-51417673183144693412009-06-05T19:40:14.003+01:002009-06-05T19:40:14.003+01:00Jimmy,
Most egalitarians, free thinkers and humani...Jimmy,<br />Most egalitarians, free thinkers and humanists that I know of have been Muslim. Your comment leaves me as puzzled as Midwinterspring is.<br /><br />Ayman,<br />Thank you for stopping by. Still I am perturbed by how similar our discourse can be,yet how truly divergent our interpretation of the same terms can be. I'm an Ottoman Syrian too (in the sense you refer to) though I continue to see things very differently to you.Maysaloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-43566491862059201872009-06-04T15:55:03.153+01:002009-06-04T15:55:03.153+01:00It is so interesting that you see in Istanbul what...It is so interesting that you see in Istanbul what I see, a more tolerant way of Islam. It is so far removed from the Wahabi inspired approach that it is startling. I love Turkey's version of Islam inspired by Rumi and Ibn Arabi, and not Ibn Hanbal. The fact that I'm an Ottoman Syrian may be behind my affinity for Islam as it is practiced in Istanbul.aymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942943190084358411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-87947598750742440102009-06-04T13:40:04.011+01:002009-06-04T13:40:04.011+01:00I'm glad you're having a good time here. I...I'm glad you're having a good time here. It's a great city. I'll be quitting my job this weekend and I'm really excited to actually have the time to explore, which has been sorely lacking due to a six-day work week. I'm quite looking forward to moving to Syria in August, myself. <br /><br />Jimmy,<br /><br />What exactly is Erdoğan doing that "makes every great egalitarian, free thinker, or humanist shake in their grave"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-45390210843508541862009-06-02T17:59:46.087+01:002009-06-02T17:59:46.087+01:00Ardogan is taking a slowly slowly approach indeed....Ardogan is taking a slowly slowly approach indeed. One that makes every great egalitarian, free thinker, or humanist shake in their grave.<br /><br />I am an addict of In Our Time since 2006! I listened to the Siege of Vienna yesterday and I was amazed by the section where they discussed the bewilderment of the oriental in europe, and the confirmation that orientals were mistreated there as far back as in 1680s, while the europeans visiting the east were treated like members of the family.jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574622376348280395noreply@blogger.com