Below you find the draft of the Preface of a soon to be published book. Title: 49:49 Subtitle: The Emperor’s Old Rags An autobiographical Anecdote This book has an autobiographical side. This foreword all the more so. Starting with a personal anecdote would therefore be appropriate. An anecdote that has no direct relationship with the… Continue reading A Preface
Category: 49:49
Abrahamic Religions
Mohammed’s personal life
In a previous draft of this text I had not placed sufficient emphasis on the misogynist aspect of this specific surah of the Quran. This is the last of the paragraphs of the soon to be published book 49:49. Subtitled The Emperors Old Rags, prepublished on this website. §9 ‘Aunt’ Lahab and the ban on… Continue reading Mohammed’s personal life
The highly problematic position of the UN re religions
As I described in the preliminary version of 49:49’s preface (see link below this post), its Postface grew to over 40% of the book. I am now publishing the almost final version of its first three paragraphs. The title of this blog post is the same as the last of those three. Within the category… Continue reading The highly problematic position of the UN re religions
Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (1)
Seven and a half years ago, a ridiculous Islamophilia show was staged in the city council of the Dutch capital Amsterdam. Since then, the trouble has only increased further, not only in Amsterdam, but throughout the Netherlands. One of the main characters in that show became defense minister 1), another became a member of parliament.… Continue reading Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (1)
Hang those ungrateful eunuchs!
Below you find a slightly adjusted version of a section in the long Postface of the book 49:49. While polishing it before publishing it here, I realised that it could be interpreted as supportive to enemies of Israel in the Middle East and in the RudiDutschkified West. But can we ever have hope for a… Continue reading Hang those ungrateful eunuchs!
Mohammedanism: only for Arabs. Or another people.
This is a pre-publication of my book ‘49:49 ‘, to be published no later than 2025. In Part I I already wrote that the critic who is sober and fearless, against hotheads who demand in a high or highest tone that one must know Quranic Arabic before one can say anything about the contents of… Continue reading Mohammedanism: only for Arabs. Or another people.