In my series of books I have bought to maybe get to understand Islam better I found this book. Some time ago I thought that I should read more about Islam to get a better understanding and then maybe respect the religion more than before. The paradox is that the more I read, the more I disagree with Islam. There are several issues with Islam that you don’t find in other religions, the most important thing is the Sharia, where the religion influences directly into the public life of the state – read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia.
There is also several other issues such as the way women are treated according to Sharia, female genital cutting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_cutting, marriage between relatives, family planned marriages where the female might be very young.
There is also a big issue regarding how well integrated non western inhabitants are here in Europe. There are ghettos like Rosengård in Malmø, Sweden http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article929662.ece, many unemployed leading to a big cost for the welfare system in each country.
The book has been criticized, found this article at Dagbladet. Quite funny though, the female interviewed have not read the book. Read, then disagree, before…shut up! http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/09/13/476655.html
An interview with Hege Storhaug http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2006/10/30/481245.html
I won’t tell you all that is written in the book, read it…then we can discuss it. Whether or not if it correct what she writes, I agree with Harald Stanghelle’s words at the beginning of the book
Det (finnes) øyeblikk i historien da konfrontasjon er en nødvendig forutsetning for en ærlig dialog
