Yes, more than likely I’m almost certainly better read than you, and was deployed to Iraq for over a year with the US Army, and have read several Islamic philosophers, I strongly promote reading Ibn Khaldun (a excellent historian) and have a few posts on the subject, and am well read in ancient and medieval christianity, both Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox sources, as well as considerable readings into the influence of Gnostic, Hindi, Bon, Advaitian (Non-dualism school), Stoic & Cynic, Aristotelian influences on the religion. I’m currently studying a Ismaili encyclopedia on philosophy. I can also give a fair account of several islamic dynasties, tactics and strategems they used, the early development of social anthropology within islam, Islamic interactions with the Russian States then the Tsars, with Byzantium including several authors associated with the fall, military texts the Byzantines and Franks developed for fighting the muslims back in Capadocia and Egypt, a general grasp of the history of Islamic Spain and Sicily, the pirates in the med from the 12th century to Thomas Jefferson’s invasion of the Barbary Statesc Islam’s early history in the Slave South, the christian diaspora after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Armenia and Georgia’s history with islamic raids and occupations, and a whole lot more, including current events across the muslim world.
I suggest you reconsider insisting other people you know very little about are unread or ignorant on the subject matter they speak of.
And yes, I’m quite christian, and yes, your exaggerating and largely full of shit.
Muslims aren’t idiots, they are a very modern people. When you treat them intellectually as you do, they become resentful, because they generally are a hell of alot smarter than narrow minded stereotypes suppose. Their religion has some issues, but most are aware of this. I’ve had some good muslim friends over the years, and they know I won’t sugarcoat Islam to remain on good terms… but I don’t demonize them either past where the problems lie, and I try to offer up earnest and honest assessments.
If Islam fixed it’s Jurispudence issues, it would be a much more balanced religion. That’s the plain and simple truth. Has nothing to do with arbitrarily saying Ethos… I’m a Stoic philosopher who specializes in Ethics, it is you who appears to be wildly throwing around terms you don’t understand.
Paratrooper, 1-501st Airborne, 4-25 FOB Iskan, Iraq Early Oct 2006 to late Nov 2007.
I’ve mentioned enough islamic philosophers in the past on the sight, you can search my records.
Careful who you try to pull your learned Mr. Know-it-all scholar stunt on. I’m also a expert in military writings from around the world. Brutally well read.