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To: longnshort who wrote (1100)	9/19/2006 2:32:06 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

I did. All of the major religions have been twisted by fanatics in one way or another over the ages.....Islam is no different. J.

To: longnshort who wrote (1100)	9/19/2006 2:39:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

It’s Muslim Boy Meets Girl, but Don’t Call It Dating new york times ^ \| 9/19/06 \| NEIL MacFARQUHAR nytimes.com So here’s the thing about speed dating for Muslims. Many American Muslims — or at least those bent on maintaining certain conservative traditions — equate anything labeled “dating” with hellfire, no matter how short a time is involved. Hence the wildly popular speed dating sessions at the largest annual Muslim conference in North America were given an entirely more respectable label. They were called the “matrimonial banquet.” “If we called it speed dating, it will end up with real dating,” said Shamshad Hussain, one of the organizers, grimacing. Both the banquet earlier this month and various related seminars underscored the difficulty that some American Muslim families face in grappling with an issue on which many prefer not to assimilate. One seminar, called “Dating,” promised attendees helpful hints for “Muslim families struggling to save their children from it.” The couple of hundred people attending the dating seminar burst out laughing when Imam Muhamed Magid of the Adams Center, a collective of seven mosques in Virginia, summed up the basic instructions that Muslim American parents give their adolescent children, particularly males: “Don’t talk to the Muslim girls, ever, but you are going to marry them. As for the non-Muslim girls, talk to them, but don’t ever bring one home.” [snip] Yasmeen Qadri, suggested that Muslim mothers across the continent band together in an organization called “Mothers Against Dating,” modeled on Mothers Against Drunk Driving. If the term “arranged marriage” is too distasteful to the next generation, she said, then perhaps the practice could be Americanized simply by renaming it “assisted marriage,” just like assisted living for the elderly. “In the United States we can play with words however we want, but we are not trying to set aside our cultural values,” said Mrs. Qadri, a professor of education. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ....