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   Öjevind Lång (bredband.net@ojevind.lang) wrote:   
   > skrev i meddelandet:   
   > Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   >> "Derek Broughton" wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> I think it is sadly likely to be the case.   
   >   
   >>So far, neither of you have actually said anything to defend this   
   > position.  I would be interested to see you try.   
   >   
   > OK, here goes. The Calormenes speak like people in "The Arabian   
   > Nights". ("O, father of my happiness, your wisdom is like a   
   > fountain in the burning desert" - that kind of thing.) They sport   
   > slippers, beards and curved scimitars, and the women wear wide   
   > trousers. The names seem vaguely "oriental" - Arsheesh, Shasta,   
   > Lasaraleen, Tashbaan. Pauline Baynes, who was no fool, obviously   
   > perceived them as West Asian, considering how she chose to depict   
   > them - apparently without Lewis objecting.   
   >   
      
   But that has more to do with Arabians than with Islam, right? I   
   understand the criticism that Calormen is a racist and prejudicial   
   portrayal of pre-Islamic Arabic culture. (I don't really agree with   
   it.) But I think it takes a further imaginative leap to connect that   
   with criticism of muslims.   
      
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