Building a Mosque??? WTF

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by Straif [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a similar gripe about this but I guess when you're indoctrinated into it and raised that way culture and lifestyle reinforces it a lot. I'm sort of the the type where if you don't like it, than fuck it, but that's easier here in the states than somewhere else.

i agree with what you say here (that it is easier to accept if you are raised with it), but that logic hardly justifies anything. i believe in moral absolutes (and I know not everyone does) and, by extension, believe that the oppression of women is ALWAYS wrong EVERYPLACE it occurs.

the irony with the dominant radical muslim societies of the middle east is that they have only progressed comparatively to the rest of the world in a backward direction since the middle ages. there was once a time when baghdad, for example, was the cultural and intellectual capital of the world...a leader of medicine, philosophy, etc.

the harsh treatment of women in radical muslim states is not as old a tradition as most people believe. its a relatively modern reactionary set of interpretations of the koran (or, in my opinion, of evil men who use the koran incorrectly to inpower themselves to legitimize their evils)---and, in my opinion, has to do with anything OTHER than the authentic practice of islam.

this is the sort of thing that i was talking about when i said non-radical islam is different...and most of the american muslims I know try very hard to divorce themselves from those radicals who proclaim to be of the same faith as non-radicals.