Dream diary, 11/21/09: Terrorist Pizza Party

I dreamed that I was having pizza with Iranian terrorists. A reporter friend of mine was doing a story on them; she was hiding them in her crawlspace, but they were thinking of coming out and revealing themselves in public. To encourage them to do this, she had a pizza party for them. Ingrid and I somehow got mixed up in this. I was uncertain how I felt about what my friend was doing, but mostly I was uncomfortable trying to make small talk, since the terrorists didn't speak English very well.

Comments

[llewelly]

I knew it!! Atheist bloggers are friends of terrorists!!

[llewelly]

PS - I tried to comment without signing in, and I got a screenfull perl error reports.

[the chaplain]

That'll teach you to eat spicy food before going to bed.

[David Simon]

Here's a somewhat relevant and very cool link I've found about Islamic reform and reviving the tradition of Islamic intellectualism: http://www.irshadmanji.com/project-ijtihad

I'm slightly irked that they invite non-Muslims to participate but implicitly define this to mean "people of non-Muslim religions" and exclude atheists and agnostics. However, I still think the project overall is an awesome idea.

[Iamcuriousblue]

Irshad Manji is a pretty ardent secularist, so I don't think she has anything against atheists. She does, however, define herself as a Muslim for reasons that have more to do with wanting to reform her faith community, and I have my doubts as to whether that's valid reason to call yourself a believer in any religion. Probably because she's already having a tough enough time reaching a Muslim audience, and defining herself as an "athiest Muslim" like the atheist Jews Christina wrote about the other day would catch her even more flack.

[Jack Rawlinson]

That's it. "Terrorist Pizza Party" is the name of my new band.

[Polina Malamud]

Brilliant! I want to have dreams like that! Also I totally agree with Jack Rawlinson about "Terrorist Pizza Party" being an awesome name for a band.

[Greta Christina]

If anyone actually starts a band called Terrorist Pizza Party, please please please let me know.

[Rollong_Stone]

Funny blog. The author, illiterate in matters of religion, is trying to look well-informed.