Jeff Goldblum slammed as “anti-Muslim” for asking if Islam is “anti-homosexuality and anti-woman”APR 26, 2020 11:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER 2 COMMENTS
Jeff Goldblum said: “Is there something in this religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman? Does that complicate the issue? I’m just raising it and thinking out loud and maybe being stupid.”
In response, he is being denounced as “Islamophobic.”
This is just the latest example of a recurring phenomenon: any criticism, any questioning, the slightest hint of anything negative about Islam will get you excoriated as racist and bigoted. Meanwhile, criticism of Christianity will get you celebrated as “brave.”
And Jeff Goldblum raises perfectly valid questions. Can they not be asked at all? But then what about the people who are victimized because of Islam’s death penalty for homosexuals and institutionalized mistreatment of women? Do they not matter?
The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.” (Qur’an 7:80-84)
Muhammad specifies the punishment for this in a hadith: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462)
The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
The Qur’an likens a woman to a field (tilth), to be used by a man as he wills: “Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth as you will” — Qur’an 2:223
It declares that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man: “Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as you choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her” — Qur’an 2:282
It allows men to marry up to four wives, and have sex with slave girls also: “If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if you fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly, then only one, or one that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice” — Qur’an 4:3
It rules that a son’s inheritance should be twice the size of that of a daughter: “Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance: to the male, a portion equal to that of two females” — Qur’an 4:11
It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that Islamic divorce procedures “shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated” — Qur’an 65:4
Also, a Muslim wife may not refuse sex. A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning” (Bukhari 4.54.460).
And: “By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right of her Lord, till she carries out the right of her husband. And if he asks her to surrender herself [to him for sexual intercourse] she should not refuse him even if she is on a camel’s saddle” (Ibn Majah 1854).
Islamic law stipulates: “The husband may forbid his wife to leave the home…because of the hadith related by Bayhaqi that the Prophet…said, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to allow someone into her husband’s house if he is opposed, or to go out of it if he is averse” (Reliance of the Traveller m10.4).
“Jeff Goldblum is BLASTED by RuPaul’s Drag Race viewers for being ‘anti-Muslim’ after asking queen Jackie Cox about her hijab runway look,” by Roxy Simons, Mailonline, April 25, 2020 (thanks to Jill):
Jeff Goldblum has been hit by criticism from fans for being ‘anti-Muslim’ after his appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The actor, 67, was a guest judge on Friday’s edition of the show, and had asked drag queen Jackie Cox about her Stars And Stripes runway look which saw her wear a star-spangled hijab in reference to her Muslim background.
First asking if Jackie was ‘religious’, Jeff went on to comment on Islam and how the religion treats LGBTQ+ people like the Iranian-Canadian star, 34.
Of her ensemble, Jackie said: ‘This outfit really represents the importance that visibility for people of religious minorities need to have in this country.’
Jeff then asked: ‘Is there something in this religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman? Does that complicate the issue? I’m just raising it and thinking out loud and maybe being stupid.’
While RuPaul commented that ‘drag has always shaken the tree’, Jackie became teary-eyed as she said it was ‘a complex issue’ and had her ‘own misgivings about the way LGBT people are treated in the Middle East….
Going on to talk about the U.S. travel ban that prohibited the entry of people from Muslim-majority countries, Jackie continued: ‘When the Muslim ban happened, it really destroyed a lot of my faith in this country. And really hurt my family. And that’s so wrong to me….
Criticising Jeff for his questions, fans took to Twitter to let their thoughts be known as they hit out at the Jurassic Park star….
Another commented: ‘Now would Jeff Goldblum have asked a Christian queen that same question that he asked Jackie? That was really ignorant.’
While one viewer hit out: ‘I am REALLY not here for Jeff Goldblum’s casually islamophobic critique of Jackie Cox tonight.’…
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