Depressing Thought
Today was Eid al-Adha, and as usual the local mosque had a big Eid prayer. The speech given by the imam proved to be pretty depressing. The poor man, in the course of mentioning how we should support Muslims around the world, was reduced to saying "We are not the enemies of the United States," and "We came to this country for freedom," which made me realize that when you have to say something like that out loud, you're already toast in the eyes of quite a few people. I don't know--it just seems that the opinion of Islam has gone into the toilet in the past year (though admittedly for quite understandable reasons!). There seems to be much more hostility than there was even six months ago.
Now, 1) it could be good that people know what they're up against, 2) people are tired of being lied to by apologists, 3) people have found out all about the unsavory aspects of Islam and don't like what they see. However, 1) God knows how any of this will end up, 2) I pray it doesn't get too ugly!
I keep getting the feeling that something's going to happen, and I don't know what it will be or how it will turn out.
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Sunday, February 09, 2003
Fun with Polygamy
How many Muslim dawah sites have you seen that extol the virtues of polygamy? Here's an example:
Polygyny: A Blessing in Disguise
(Zawaj.com's editorials are some of my favorite articles to read by Muslim women. They are only matched by those of Shariffa Carlo--some of which are posted there!--and, unfortunately, those of plenty of other women in their breathtaking divorcement from anything resembling reality, as well as the Orwellian embrace of slavery as freedom.)
View with horror the breathtaking insanity on display here! The attitude in this article is contradicted by any number of accounts and anyone who happens to know Arab women: the most feared event is the husband taking another wife, which the women will go to any lengths to avoid, even up to and including murder (and some of them will do it, too!) Admittedly, the practice has become much less common to the point of being almost unheard of, since most men just don't have the money (spent by their enterprising wives), not to mention the fact that few wives will stand for it. Still, it is not uncommon in some places (Saudi Arabia the most infamous, but there are others) and is technically legal virtually everywhere in the Muslim world except for Turkey and Tunisia.
I'll come back to this subject in more detail later.
How many Muslim dawah sites have you seen that extol the virtues of polygamy? Here's an example:
Polygyny: A Blessing in Disguise
(Zawaj.com's editorials are some of my favorite articles to read by Muslim women. They are only matched by those of Shariffa Carlo--some of which are posted there!--and, unfortunately, those of plenty of other women in their breathtaking divorcement from anything resembling reality, as well as the Orwellian embrace of slavery as freedom.)
View with horror the breathtaking insanity on display here! The attitude in this article is contradicted by any number of accounts and anyone who happens to know Arab women: the most feared event is the husband taking another wife, which the women will go to any lengths to avoid, even up to and including murder (and some of them will do it, too!) Admittedly, the practice has become much less common to the point of being almost unheard of, since most men just don't have the money (spent by their enterprising wives), not to mention the fact that few wives will stand for it. Still, it is not uncommon in some places (Saudi Arabia the most infamous, but there are others) and is technically legal virtually everywhere in the Muslim world except for Turkey and Tunisia.
I'll come back to this subject in more detail later.