Refusing the idiocy of some islamic rulings
"Irshad Manji remembers receiving a newspaper clipping about a Nigerian girl who had been sentenced by an Islamic court for having sex before marriage. Although seven witnesses backed her testimony that three men had raped her, the court decided she should suffer more punishment -- 180 lashes.
"On the clipping, scribbled in red ink, was a note from one of Manji's colleagues: 'Irshad, one of these days you'll tell me how you reconcile this kind of insanity and female genital mutilation with your Muslim faith.'
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"This new perspective led Manji to write a book titled 'The Trouble With Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change.' Recently released in the United States, Manji's book challenges Muslims worldwide to end human rights violations committed against women and religious minorities in the name of Islam. She also calls for an end to anti-Semitism, which she says has no basis in the preaching of the Koran.
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"In a quick-fire criticism, not slowing for apologies, Manji asks questions she says other Muslims are asking in private but dare not ask aloud. 'Why are we being held hostage by what's happening between the Palestinians and the Israelis? What's with the stubborn streak of anti-Semitism in Islam? Who is the real colonizer of Muslims -- America or Arabia? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation?'
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"She recites a list of recent atrocities committed against other Muslims in the name of religion. 'I hear from a Saudi friend that his country's religious police arrest women for wearing red on Valentine's Day, and I think, 'Since when does a merciful God outlaw joy or fun?' She hears about victims of rape stoned for having 'committed adultery' and she says she wonders 'how a critical mass of us can stay stone silent.' "
Indeed! Islam appears to be a religion where men do not take personal responsibility for their actions, where the hair of females puts out rays that drive men into lustful insanity, where cliteral mutilation is done to keep women from driving themselves crazy. As currently interpretted it does not make a lot of sense.
"Irshad Manji remembers receiving a newspaper clipping about a Nigerian girl who had been sentenced by an Islamic court for having sex before marriage. Although seven witnesses backed her testimony that three men had raped her, the court decided she should suffer more punishment -- 180 lashes.
"On the clipping, scribbled in red ink, was a note from one of Manji's colleagues: 'Irshad, one of these days you'll tell me how you reconcile this kind of insanity and female genital mutilation with your Muslim faith.'
...
"This new perspective led Manji to write a book titled 'The Trouble With Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change.' Recently released in the United States, Manji's book challenges Muslims worldwide to end human rights violations committed against women and religious minorities in the name of Islam. She also calls for an end to anti-Semitism, which she says has no basis in the preaching of the Koran.
...
"In a quick-fire criticism, not slowing for apologies, Manji asks questions she says other Muslims are asking in private but dare not ask aloud. 'Why are we being held hostage by what's happening between the Palestinians and the Israelis? What's with the stubborn streak of anti-Semitism in Islam? Who is the real colonizer of Muslims -- America or Arabia? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation?'
...
"She recites a list of recent atrocities committed against other Muslims in the name of religion. 'I hear from a Saudi friend that his country's religious police arrest women for wearing red on Valentine's Day, and I think, 'Since when does a merciful God outlaw joy or fun?' She hears about victims of rape stoned for having 'committed adultery' and she says she wonders 'how a critical mass of us can stay stone silent.' "
Indeed! Islam appears to be a religion where men do not take personal responsibility for their actions, where the hair of females puts out rays that drive men into lustful insanity, where cliteral mutilation is done to keep women from driving themselves crazy. As currently interpretted it does not make a lot of sense.
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