Irshad Manji, the controversial author of "The Trouble with Islam Today" has yet another piece of powerful media to add to her growing arsenal of Manji mania political paraphernalia. A new television documentary aired on PBS and Canada's CBC earlier this month modestly titled "Faith without Fear." The film chronicles Manji's personal struggle to bring Islam to trial and re-imagine a new muslim community that is intellectual, peaceful, and warm and fuzzy.
Manji is a self-declared Islam historian who has made broad, sweeping claims against her religion that has angered many progressive Muslims and inspired fanatics to send the Canadian writer and speaker death threats. Aside from Manji's incredibly snobbish speaking style, where she carefully articulates every sentence into an ego-bouquet of intonations that should have symphony music playing in the background for even more dramatic effect, the Islam reformist is somewhat of a regressive force despite proclamations replete in her self-made media empire. Don't get me wrong, I'm not merely another jealous commentator who is out to Manji-bash because she's got all the limelight - it's more about what she says while she has the limelight that is worrisome...
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