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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1941)	10/3/2006 5:13:04 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Thank you for posting that!

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1941)	10/3/2006 5:13:55 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

The Status of Women in Islam Sep 30, 2006 Hikmat - Persian Journal iranian.ws No two Individuals are similar in all respects. Equality means equality before law and equal opportunity to all irrespective of gender, race, color, creed etc. Are Moslem women really getting equal opportunity? Being born and brought up in a traditional Moslem family and faced all the disadvantages. We are not allowed to study in a co-education schools and colleges and if separate college for women is not available we have to discontinue our studies. We are neither allowed to talk to men (other than close relatives) nor allowed to participate in social gatherings. Even when we go out occasionally and we have to observe 'PURDAH' system (Covering our entire body with special black dress). All in the name of Islam and Allah. Still, I could not understand the logic behind all this. If it is a sin for a woman to talk to a man then it should equally be a sin for a man to talk to a woman. But, there seems no restriction for men. Why should a woman observe purdah system (veil, hijab)? Is it to prevent men from looking at her with evil intentions? If looking with evil intention is a sin then the sinner should be punished not the victim; or is it devised to save men from not committing the sin? Then what prevents these men from looking at non-Moslem women? If some men have evil intentions, they will have it regardless of we wearing purdah or not. It would be more reasonable to declare that having ?Evil Intention' is a Sin and if anyone commits it he should be punished instead of asking women to wear purdah. If a woman talks to a man (who is not a close relative) can?t it be other than a physical relation? Isn't it degrading for women to be treated like a sexual object and not as a person? Are Moslem women dedicated to their kitchens? Can?t they work outside? Can't they have their careers? Why shouldn?t they mingle freely will classmates, colleagues or for that matter any outsider. Can?t Islam distinguish social gathering of men and women from sexual relations? Then why is the prohibition for social gathering of men and women? Some Moslems confuse the absence of purdah with indecent exposure. In fact both are totally different issues. Islam cannot treat men or women equally on the basis that women are less intelligent. Even if we agree that women are less intelligent, for argument sake, why should this make her 'less equal'? Then it is discriminating against intelligence (In the past, same argument was extended to justify slavery stating that some races are more intelligent that other races hence entitled for less rights). As per Islam the testimonies of two women is equal to one man (Even though the woman is a University Professor or a Doctor still she is considered less intelligent than an illiterate male!!). The criterion here is not intelligence but gender. See the thread of logic. First argument is 'Less legal rights to less intelligent people' Second argument is 'Woman is less intelligent than man' therefore she should have fewer rights than man. Many Moslem fundamentalists state that even 'Scientifically' an average women is less intelligent than average man, so are average person of a particular race is more intelligent than average person of another race, average person of a country is more intelligent than average person of another country. The idea of average intelligence can be applied to gender, race, color, country, region etc. to justify any garbage. The less we talk about polygamy the better. No sane person considers this as an equal treatment to women. If many Moslems think that social gatherings of men and women, absence of purdah, equal legal status to men leads to wide spread immorality and indiscriminate sexual relation, nothing is more foolish than this. If these people talk of morality, in what way 'Temporary marriage' of Islam is different from prostitution. Last but not the least where is the equality when a woman is not allowed to go to the place of worship along with her family even with the so-called purdah!!! The ultimate pity is that the Moslem women are made to accept all this in the name of Islam and Allah.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1941)	10/3/2006 5:24:21 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Islamic militiamen seize two more towns October 03 2006 at 04:34PM iol.co.za By Nasteex Dahir Farah Kismayo, Somalia - Islamic militiamen took two more southern Somali towns without a fight on Tuesday, residents said, consolidating their hold over the region. The Islamic group took control of Af Madow, 120km west of the port town of Kismayo around midday Tuesday and earlier in the day they seized Bu'ale, 210km north of Kismayo, residents said. Af Madow was controlled by people allied to the Islamic group. The group, the Consultative Council of Islamic Courts, is aiming to consolidate its hold by setting up its own administration even in towns where its allies already have control. An Af Madow resident, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said the Islamic militiamen arrived "and the local militiamen disappeared." The resident held up his cellphone during a rally, and Hassan Turki, who led the fighters who took over the town, could be heard saying they believed a proposed regional peacekeeping force would enter Somalia through this part of Somalia. "We will not allow them to do that. We will fight them using our power and that of our Muslims," Turki said. Somalia's interim government, increasingly sidelined by the Islamic group, has called for regional peacekeepers to come and restore order. The Islamic group opposes what it sees as outside interference. Ahmed Abdi Hashi, a resident of Bu'ale, said that the Islamic militiamen took his town early on Tuesday without a fight and were roaming in pickups fitted with machine-guns. Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on one another, throwing the country into anarchy. The transitional government formed two years ago in neighbouring Kenya has struggled to assert its authority, while the Islamic group seized the capital, Mogadishu, after fierce battles with secular warlords in June and now controls much of the south. Ethiopian troops have been seen in Somalia deployed to prop up the government, though Ethiopia publicly denies its troops are in the country. The Islamic group's strict and often severe interpretation of Islam raises memories of Afghanistan's Taliban, which was ousted by a US-led campaign for harbouring Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda fighters. Washington has accused Somalia's Islamic group of sheltering suspects in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Bin Laden has said Somalia is a battleground in his war on the West. - Sapa-AP

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1941)	10/3/2006 5:34:21 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Cops: Man(Turkish born Muslim!) Destroys Memorial to Fallen 9/11 Officer 1010wins.com NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials say a Turkish-born Muslim faces criminal mischief and disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly defaced a memorial in Queens that honored a fallen 9/11 NYPD officer. The Queens DA says 26-year-old Adnan Emre of Long Island City tore off a cross on a portion of the memorial last night and shouted ``This is political!'' The memorial features a picture of Paul Talty, a 40-year-old officer who rushed to the World Trade Center's south tower as it fell. It also includes the cross, a plaque and crossed American and Irish flags. The memorial is attached to a light post at 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, and is maintained by Talty's family. Authorities say an MTA booth clerk apparently witnessed the alleged act, and contacted police. If convicted, Emre faces a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.