- forcibly converted into Islam
- forced to marry an old, Islamist man
- forced to wear a headscarf
- forced to change her Hindu name into an Islamic one, “Rani Shaikh" (2)
Here’s a thread that explains everything you need to know about Pakistan's systemic forced conversions. If you want to talk about Pakistan, you must understand the system. Trigger warning: s3xual assault. (1)
- forcibly converted into Islam
- forced to marry an old, Islamist man
- forced to wear a headscarf
- forced to change her Hindu name into an Islamic one, “Rani Shaikh" (2)
Under section 295C of Pakistan's Penal Code, Hindus could face a mandatory death penalty and fine for blasphemy. Legally, their case must be presented under a Muslim judge. (4)
Amnesty International has stated "there is overwhelming evidence that the laws violate human rights” (5)
Pakistan's police are one of the biggest facilitators in forced conversions. The National Corruption Perception Survey 2021 found that the police and the judiciary are the most corrupt institutions in Pakistan. (6)
The state government of Sindh, Pakistan has repeatedly rejected bills to prevent forced conversions (specifically in the years 2016, 2019, and 2021).
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no representation in Pakistan's Islamic-theocratic gov, making Hindus reliant on Muslim lawmakers to ensure their safety. Hindus are constantly failed by the state of 🇵🇰 & its lawmakers. (9)
A 2011 Pew Research Center study found that Pakistan is the third most intolerant country in the world. (10)
Pakistan was built on the nationalist belief that Indian-Muslims are superior turkic colonisers who need a theocratic country. (13)
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I just finished Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics, and wanted to say something about Joel Christiansen's review linked below. I am not sure what motivates the review (I speculate a bit below), but it gives a very misleading impression of the book. 1/x
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
As someone\u2019s who\u2019s read the book, this review strikes me as tremendously unfair. It mostly faults Adler for not writing the book the reviewer wishes he had! https://t.co/pqpt5Ziivj
— Teresa M. Bejan (@tmbejan) January 12, 2021
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x