Muslims like us...

While staying in a campsite I watched Muslims like us on iPlayer. The idea was familiar enough - recruit a mismatched bunch of people and put them together in a house for a few days - except they were all Muslims. The results were predictable. The hardline guy didn't even want to be in the same room as the women, and, when another of the guys announced he was gay, he wandered off into the garden, to be alone with his (rather extremist) thoughts.

Islam came across as divisive - pushing people apart more than bringing them together. Problem 1 is belief without evidence; problem 2 is unquestioning obedience; problem 3 is the total submission to Allah. This kind of belief looks like a prison - a prison of certainty - though it's a prison of a rather unusual design: the locks are on the inside of the cells. Even though people are free to leave whenever they want, they choose to stay...

As a counterpoint I was sent the link to a very short video about Krishnamurti.

Fishing from the beach at West Bay, Bridport...