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[Doubting Thomas]

Speaking of joining the Republican party... wrapped in the flag and all.

[Rahul]

Speaking of joining the Republican party... wrapped in the flag and all.

You've got to be Republican to be patriotic? Shit!

[Raven]

Here's another way you could look at it:
Society needs to quit sexualizing female bodies so damned much.
Here in the west it is done by revealing clothing, that is frequently not all that comfortable - high stiletto heels, skin-tight clothes, skirts that are so short it's pretty much impossible to sit down without revealing...
Muslims sexualize them by covering them up in some dark shapeless mass....

Either way women's bodies are being sexualized.

[festive1]

I think there might be something to the whole Muslim transexual idea...

Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except for Thailand. It is sanctioned as a supposed "cure" for homosexuality, which is punishable by death under Iranian law. The government even provides up to half the cost for those needing financial assistance and a sex change is recognised on the birth certificate.[60]

From: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_in_Islam
The sitation link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7259057.stm

[Rahul]

Either way women's bodies are being sexualized.

Well if they weren't so damn hot...

Oh wait. hock:

[Doubting Thomas]

You've got to be Republican to be patriotic? Shit!

Of course. You can't be a true Murican without being a Republican, gun totin', gay hatin', Jesus lovin', pickup drivin' good ol' boy.

[Minimalist]

but any woman who does not conform to that dress code is a sinner and a "danger" to society.

The eternal problem with "religion."

[WordsOfWisdom]

First of all I would like to greet everyone as I post my first reply in this forum!
Second of all I want to tell you guys that I have found the level of expected western athiest ignorance on these forums towards islam and hence I am taking it upon myself to clear this cloud of stereotypes and lack of understanding.
As to the matter of this topic here are the facts in points:
1) Islam requires a woman to wear a head scarf and wear decent clothes (cover her arms, legs and body) this doesn't mean they should wear a nazguls' costume in the process. I will tell you the origin of that latter on.
2) Not wearing a head scarf after adulthood is sinful but it mustn't be enforced by ANYONE on the woman. A husband should though as his wife to wear it only to absolve himself from blame before god.
3) the nazgul costume is a tradition dating back before islam in the arab penincella and then made its way to the religious tradition falsely. But god didn't ask for it.

Don't blame islam for the follies of muslims.

[NoraBrimstone]

First of all I would like to greet everyone as I post my first reply in this forum!
Second of all I want to tell you guys that I have found the level of expected western athiest ignorance on these forums towards islam and hence I am taking it upon myself to clear this cloud of stereotypes and lack of understanding.
As to the matter of this topic here are the facts in points:
1) Islam requires a woman to wear a head scarf and wear decent clothes (cover her arms, legs and body) this doesn't mean they should wear a nazguls' costume in the process. I will tell you the origin of that latter on.
2) Not wearing a head scarf after adulthood is sinful but it mustn't be enforced by ANYONE on the woman. A husband should though as his wife to wear it only to absolve himself from blame before god.
3) the nazgul costume is a tradition dating back before islam in the arab penincella and then made its way to the religious tradition falsely. But god didn't ask for it.

Don't blame islam for the follies of muslims.

Hmmm... Why don't men have to cover up, too?

I take issue with Number 2 on your little list. Fistly, because FUCK YOU. Secondly, a husband has absolutely no right to enforce anything on his wife (or anyone else for that matter). A woman is a human being with a mind of her own, not the property of some insecure, tiny-dicked arsehole who wants to control her like a slave.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

First of all I would like to greet everyone as I post my first reply in this forum!
Second of all I want to tell you guys that I have found the level of expected western athiest ignorance on these forums towards islam and hence I am taking it upon myself to clear this cloud of stereotypes and lack of understanding.
As to the matter of this topic here are the facts in points:
1) Islam requires a woman to wear a head scarf and wear decent clothes (cover her arms, legs and body) this doesn't mean they should wear a nazguls' costume in the process. I will tell you the origin of that latter on.
2) Not wearing a head scarf after adulthood is sinful but it mustn't be enforced by ANYONE on the woman. A husband should though as his wife to wear it only to absolve himself from blame before god.
3) the nazgul costume is a tradition dating back before islam in the arab penincella and then made its way to the religious tradition falsely. But god didn't ask for it.

Don't blame islam for the follies of muslims.

Well lucky for you I grew up in a muslim country. Try working out why I don't even want to waste a second of my life reading the Qur'an.

I don't give a fuck what the Qur'an says, because anyone can interpret it to mean anything. If muslims do things certain ways, that's what I judge them by. I have plenty of muslim friends who are nice people and don't do these things, I don't hold them to what others believe in. But if they say they do something for their religion, I take their word for it. So if someone does stupid things and say they do it for their religion, they did it for their religion.