Re: 7 years old Iranian genius

[Andrew Wayne Austin <aaustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps with an in-depth understanding of the Koran the boy will be in a
better position to criticize the text.

On Sat, 1 May 1999, Katha Pollitt wrote:

>too bad the iranian boy 'genius" is spending all that brain power on
>memorizing --and interpreting --the Koran! There are Christian
>fundamentalist boys who are trained by their fanatical parents to do
>this with the bible, to preach sermons etc. Orthodox jewish boys are
>also  given major doses of religion at very young ages. I think such
>kids are victims of child abuse.  I saw that BBC report -- and when I
>saw that little boy carried around on the shoulders of grownup men, and
>fussed over and catered to -- I thought, this story is not going to have
>a happy end.
>
>What would karl marx say about this, i wonder?
>