XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Derek Broughton"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:cgjve4-igb.ln1@pointerstop.ca...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >> I have heard people say that the Calormenes in the Narnia books represent   
   >> Muslims, and some have even indignantly claimed that they are a   
   >> deliberate   
   >> attempt to denigrate Muslims -- except that the Calormenes' religion in   
   >> no   
   >> way resembles Islam, though it might bear some resemblance to pre-Islamic   
   >> religions of the Middle East.   
   >   
   > I've always felt it bears a resemblance to a pseudo-Christian bigot's idea   
   > of Islam.  I _hope_ Lewis didn't intend that, but I'm afraid he might   
   > have.   
      
   I think it is sadly likely to be the case. On the other hand, the   
   pseudo-Indian or cod-Arabian look of Sauron's human allies was the work of   
   Peter Jackson, not of Tolkien. Tolkien mentions Southrons with red banners,   
   and black men riding oliphaunts, and short bearded men with battle-axes   
   marching up from the east, but none of that is proof of anything as far as   
   racial attitudes are concerned.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)