I Have Had To Pay A Price

I Talk About A Christianity That Is Enlightened Enough To Separate Spirituality From The Rest Of Life. Not Just Church And State, But Knowledge And Church.

It Takes A Long Time To Dissolve The Bars Of A Mental Cage.

Infuriatingly Stupid Analysts - Especially People Who Called Themselves Arabists, Yet Who Seemed To Know Next To Nothing About The Reality Of The Islamic World - Wrote Reams Of Commentary [after 9/11]. Their Articles Were All About Islam Saving Aristotle And The Zero, Which Medieval Muslim Scholars Had Done More Than Eight Hundred Years Ago; About Islam Being A Religion Of Peace And Tolerance, Not The Slightest Bit Violent. These Were Fairy Tales, Nothing To Do With The Real World I Knew.

I'd Love To Go And Visit The Mosque In Mecca Again, Just For The Sheer Beauty Of It, Not For God - Much The Way A Non-catholic Might Go To Vatican City Because Of The Beauty Of The Buildings And The Artifacts.

As A Woman You Are Better Off In Life Earning Your Own Money. You Couldn't Prevent Your Husband From Leaving You Or Taking Another Wife, But You Could Have Some Of Your Dignity If You Didn't Have To Beg Him For Financial Support.