Talk:Pluralism/Archive

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Questions that remain

Outcomes of what? Decisions? Or just a better situation in general?
Outcomes for whom? The society? All the members? Most of the members? The least powerful members? Someone else?
"Arguably" -- Who argues it? Who disagrees?

Final paragraph is really stopping me

Two reasons: 1) the "arguably" is wimpy (who is arguing this?), and 2) the example of Islam rejecting parity between men and women is inaccurate. This paragraph implies that Islam itself (not to be confused with specific societies where there are Islamic majorities) ignores the rights of women, and views them as inferior to men. This is a position most Muslims, and all of the Muslim women I have met, would instantly reject. See Reza Aslan's fine No god but God for a good discussion of the egalitarian impulse of the very early Muslims, and of contemporary female Islamic scholarship.

I'm planning to rework this paragraph -- any thoughts on what the next draft should look like? BrandonYusufToropov 21:59, 11 July 2005 (UTC)