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   From: no@no.com   
      
   On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:46:19 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:   
   > Steve Hayes wrote:   
   /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've heard a reasonable comment that the Calormene image might be   
   influenced by the Crusaders' image of their opponents. However the   
   Calormene religion is quite different from Islam!   
      
   The Calormenes and the Orcs were certainly very different. The Calormene   
   were shown as over-formal, over-civilized.   
      
      
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