yeah, my rigidity about this is tied up in bad assumptions about the relationship of religion and culture - I interpret people as having beliefs that are in contradiction, rather than seeing the way that everyone lives in a cultural context and are influenced by it, regardless of their individual beliefs.
In my context, for example, my feminism runs up against cultural norms like modesty - is that because I’m religiously Christian and a hypocrite? No, I’m not a Christian with Christian beliefs, but I’ve been influenced by cultural norms informed by Christian religious doctrine and dogma.
So I know my reaction to the Muslim hypocrisy is itself hypocritical and ignorant. Maybe I’ll return to that show, I’ve changed a lot since I first watched it and maybe I can enjoy it now 😄
You can choose how to react, too … for me, when I was living that, it was a case of “this is how it is, and my getting frustrated at the women’s entrance to the mosque isn’t going to change any minds or help”, so I took a step back and just accepted it.
I could write a lot more about this, last night my wife had a panic attack while we were in a Maroqui café, which we went to because of watching series 2 and her wanting to let go of the negativity towards Muslims she was raised with … she ended up chatting happily to some of the locals by the end of the night, so progress is possible :-)
yeah, my rigidity about this is tied up in bad assumptions about the relationship of religion and culture - I interpret people as having beliefs that are in contradiction, rather than seeing the way that everyone lives in a cultural context and are influenced by it, regardless of their individual beliefs.
In my context, for example, my feminism runs up against cultural norms like modesty - is that because I’m religiously Christian and a hypocrite? No, I’m not a Christian with Christian beliefs, but I’ve been influenced by cultural norms informed by Christian religious doctrine and dogma.
So I know my reaction to the Muslim hypocrisy is itself hypocritical and ignorant. Maybe I’ll return to that show, I’ve changed a lot since I first watched it and maybe I can enjoy it now 😄
You can choose how to react, too … for me, when I was living that, it was a case of “this is how it is, and my getting frustrated at the women’s entrance to the mosque isn’t going to change any minds or help”, so I took a step back and just accepted it.
I could write a lot more about this, last night my wife had a panic attack while we were in a Maroqui café, which we went to because of watching series 2 and her wanting to let go of the negativity towards Muslims she was raised with … she ended up chatting happily to some of the locals by the end of the night, so progress is possible :-)