1. Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks

Comment #175702 by monkeychops on May 5, 2008 at 10:47 pm

Does anyone know if Fitna contains graphic violence? I am curious to see the film but also wary in case there are scenes of mutilation or murder.

2. My life under a fatwa

Comment #91189 by monkeychops on November 27, 2007 at 2:28 pm

The author of the article says:

She has even begun to touch on the American hard right's preposterous predictions that Muslims are "outbreeding" the continent's traditional populations and will impose sharia law "within decades". When I challenge her on this, she says that "experts" say it is true.

Can anyone tell me why the predictions are preposterous? AC Grayling is similarly dismissive in Against All Gods but he doesn't explain why and I can't work it out. Does anyone have any thoughts on why these writers dismiss the demographic arguements?