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02 May 2011, 3:56 pm
WilliamWDelaney wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
MDD123 wrote:
I was under the impression that homosexual activity was commonplace in a lot of Islamic countries because of thestrict approach to socializing between genders (men aren't usually allowed to talk to women unless they have family permission in many cases). Men however can publicly hold hands without raising any suspicion. I only heard it from one person (an Iraqi), but according to him, it was commonplace for men to have relations with other men and just not publicly discuss it (kind of like the way we don't talk about masturbating in public).
Yep!
They even have a third sex in Pakistan called the hijra.
It's the Western notion of homosexuality that is abhorrent to them.
This destructive, culture-destroying movement in Islam is very much like the one in Western Christianity that wants to ban the traditional celebration of Christmas because of its Pagan trappings. They even want to do away with celebrating Mohammed's birthday.
Mohammed's birthday was never much of a significant day for the Muslims (well it is just a holiday but I don't witness significant celebrations on that day), not even in my part of the world where Muslims are more moderate than the Gulf.
The reason for this, that Mohammad's birthday wasn't a significant event to Islam as Jesus' birthday to Christianity, another reason that Muslim clerics discourage any form (even the slightest of it) of Mohammad's deification, for them glorifying the day of his birth is a kind of deification, it is a part of the Muslim culture, that's why you never see statues of Mohammad because statues are seen as form of deification as well. I was told by a Muslim pilgrim who visited Mohammad's graveyard (supposedly) in Mecca, the guard there prevented him to bow and pray for him because this was seen as an act of deification.
Recently, there was some Christian (or pagan?) traditions adopted by the regular Muslims here on Mohammad's birthday, such as Christmas lights and other decorations but the clerics made it sure to prevent this new tradition to expand.
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Sorry for the caricature, but this kind of outlook really deeply annoys me, and people who tend to assume it don't seem to realize how deep, complex and ancient the connections between the cultures really are. When someone tries to explain the gritty realities of human history to them, it's like the offender has just burned down Disney Land and murdered Mickey.
Title: An Islamic preacher issues a Fatwa to kill Mikey Mouse!! And Islamist cartoons came for the call!!
Bubble: "We killed Mikey! Hurray"
Sorry, couldn't help it
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
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02 May 2011, 4:16 pm
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
WilliamWDelaney wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
MDD123 wrote:
I was under the impression that homosexual activity was commonplace in a lot of Islamic countries because of thestrict approach to socializing between genders (men aren't usually allowed to talk to women unless they have family permission in many cases). Men however can publicly hold hands without raising any suspicion. I only heard it from one person (an Iraqi), but according to him, it was commonplace for men to have relations with other men and just not publicly discuss it (kind of like the way we don't talk about masturbating in public).
Yep!
They even have a third sex in Pakistan called the hijra.
It's the Western notion of homosexuality that is abhorrent to them.
This destructive, culture-destroying movement in Islam is very much like the one in Western Christianity that wants to ban the traditional celebration of Christmas because of its Pagan trappings. They even want to do away with celebrating Mohammed's birthday.
Mohammed's birthday was never much of a significant day for the Muslims (well it is just a holiday but I don't witness significant celebrations on that day), not even in my part of the world where Muslims are more moderate than the Gulf.
The reason for this, that Mohammad's birthday wasn't a significant event to Islam as Jesus' birthday to Christianity, another reason that Muslim clerics discourage any form (even the slightest of it) of Mohammad's deification, for them glorifying the day of his birth is a kind of deification, it is a part of the Muslim culture, that's why you never see statues of Mohammad because statues are seen as form of deification as well. I was told by a Muslim pilgrim who visited Mohammad's graveyard (supposedly) in Mecca, the guard there prevented him to bow and pray for him because this was seen as an act of deification.
Recently, there was some Christian (or pagan?) traditions adopted by the regular Muslims here on Mohammad's birthday, such as Christmas lights and other decorations but the clerics made it sure to prevent this new tradition to expand.
Quote:
Sorry for the caricature, but this kind of outlook really deeply annoys me, and people who tend to assume it don't seem to realize how deep, complex and ancient the connections between the cultures really are. When someone tries to explain the gritty realities of human history to them, it's like the offender has just burned down Disney Land and murdered Mickey.
Title: An Islamic preacher issues a Fatwa to kill Mikey Mouse!! And Islamist cartoons came for the call!!
Bubble: "We killed Mikey! Hurray"
Sorry, couldn't help it
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey was a rampant anti-Semite anyway and also killed Kennedy
02 May 2011, 4:26 pm
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey is a traitor to the Rodent Brotherhood and got what he had coming.
02 May 2011, 4:27 pm
puddingmouse wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey is a traitor to the Rodent Brotherhood and got what he had coming.
Swift justice. One does not leave the Rodent Brotherhood lightly
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02 May 2011, 4:32 pm
puddingmouse wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey is a traitor to the Rodent Brotherhood and got what he had coming.
You really think they care about your Rodent Brotherhood?? The man's Fatwa clearly says to kill all mouse characters! They're coming after you and your filthy brotherhood, mouse
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02 May 2011, 4:37 pm
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey is a traitor to the Rodent Brotherhood and got what he had coming.
You really think they care about your Rodent Brotherhood?? The man's Fatwa clearly says to kill all mouse characters! They're coming after you and your filthy brotherhood, mouse
.Crap. Oh well, they haven't got Taslima Nasrin or Salman Rushdie yet, so I may still survive.
Are you peeved at me for saying I'm an Islamophobe?
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02 May 2011, 4:46 pm
puddingmouse wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This gives puddingmouse another reason to be more Islamphobe
Mickey is a traitor to the Rodent Brotherhood and got what he had coming.
You really think they care about your Rodent Brotherhood?? The man's Fatwa clearly says to kill all mouse characters! They're coming after you and your filthy brotherhood, mouse
.Crap. Oh well, they haven't got Taslima Nasrin or Salman Rushdie yet, so I may still survive.
Are you peeved at me for saying I'm an Islamophobe?
Nah, to each his own.
02 May 2011, 4:51 pm
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