Aswad
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a couple of people have said my post were full of misconceptions......prehaps someone like aswad, (I am assuming by his name and post that he is muslim) could clarify my misconceptions?
Let me start with your first misconception:
I am neither a muslim, nor of Arab ethnicity.
However, I am familiar with a wide range of religions, often including their sacred texts, theologies and history.
The religion of Islam, like the religion of Christianity, is a faith in whose name unbelievers have justified any number of misdeeds that contradict the tenets of the faith. People with an agenda, and no respect for religion, are always keen to seize on the power of religion as a vessel or vehicle to propagate their own agenda. St. Augustine of the 'Holy Roman Catholic Church' instituted the Christian doctrine of Holy War (in Arabic: jihad) way back when. Pope Innocent III is the one who sanctioned torture in eliciting confessions from heretics. The Albigensian Crusade eradicated a huge group of Christian Gnostic believers in northern regions of Europe to preserve power.
Is that the Christianity you are familiar with?
If not, what makes you think 9/11 is the Islam that good muslims are familiar with?
As for men, women and sexuality, the principal teaching of Islam, as I read it, is that men are responsible for the long term happiness and well being of the women and children in their care, and that women and children shall obey the man of the house in deference to his responsibilities. If he does not attend his responsibilities, his wife (or wives; multiple wives are allowed if, and only if, he can provide for them all) may divorce him. Both genders shall wear modest clothing, which I would personally interpret as being a question of what constitutes modesty in the culture of the area where you are living. See the music video to "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", then go to the beach for commentary¹.
What you associate with Islamic views on women are the cultures of Afghanistan and Somalia.
Incidentally, you can blame the Taliban on yourself. The US essentially made them².
Health,
al-Aswad.
¹ Facebook refused to let my dear put up my first sketch of her, in order to protect people from indecency. It is a pencil sketch outline that happens to have the vague suggestion of a nipple in it, because it is necessary for the framing, since she is lying down in that drawing. The drawing has a couple of dozen lines in it, all in all. Seem a bit excessive, perhaps?
² The Mujahadeen were trained and funded by the USA in order to fight against the USSR.
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From then on I knew: God doesn't make the world this way.
We do." -- Rorschack, Watchmen.
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