INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 618 Amsterdam, July 24th, 2016 A LETTER TO MY FELLOW PROGRESSIVES - Islam is Not a Race - RAY HARRIS Another week [July 24th, 2016], another salafist atrocity, more progressive self-flagellation about Islamaphobia and racism. Why is it that whenever salafist extremists kill innocent people (anywhere) progressives shift the attention to Islamaphobia? I’m over it. Time to interrogate the misconceptions and polemic to uncover what’s really going on. I’ll break this down into three sections: the question of Islam as a race, what Muslims gain from switching the blame and why my fellow progressives fall for it. And yes, I did say ‘fellow’ progressives because I am resolutely a progressive: anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-patriarchy, pro-feminist, all for LGBTQI rights, freedom of sexuality and artistic and political speech - the whole shebang. In fact that’s why I’m writing this letter. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/harris37.html SEE ALSO BY RAY HARRIS: THE MYTH OF ISLAM AS A RELIGION OF PEACE http://www.integralworld.net/harris20.html THE MANY FACES OF ISLAM - ORTHODOX, MODERATE AND PROGRESSIVE http://www.integralworld.net/harris23.html