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10 Year Olds OK To Marry, Says Senior Saudi Official
Man Sells Daughter For Meat, Beer


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People like this give Islam a bad name... the Qur'an is actually more about equality than the Bible.
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As a liberal Jew, I choose to focus on things like "He has told you, oh Man, what is good and what the Lord requires… only to do justice and to love goodness and to walk modestly with your God, " rather than "those peoples that warred against Jerusalem... their flesh shall rot away." As I'm sure many Muslims would rather focus on "Those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens, in their wealth, the beggar and outcast had due share" rather than "the only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger… will be that they will be killed or crucified," and lots of Christians prefer "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," to this comment the gospels have Jesus making to "the Jews": "You belong to your father, the devil."
How do we make sense of all of these strands? How do we learn from them, what would our Creator have us take from it all? Those are the questions, I think.
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Another one is "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in Mosques" by Asra Q Nomani, but I can't find it online.
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The saudi people see the success of their neighboring countries which have many more freedoms, they would like to have them too. However the complicated state which saudi is in regarding islam, gives an extra length of power and control to the religious right, and the fact that it is not a Democratic nation, gives very little power to the hands of the people or the majority
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But, I do agree, one would assume this would be a much worse problem in places like Afghanistan where, from what I've read, small impoverished farmers are simply desperate.
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How do the mothers stand for this? I would raise holy hell if anyone tried to marry my daughter off at 17, let alone 10!
These extreme ideas of a few Muslims are what some americans latch onto as to why they're wrong, barbaric, crazy, etc. and think all Muslims are crazy suicide bombers chanting death to america. I am having such a hard time convincing my family that it's just the EXTREME! not the norm.
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I encourage all Jezebels to reading "No god but God" by my second husband, Reza Aslan, because he addresses the ways in which the powers that be have contorted Islam to fit their own needs and desires since shortly after its inception. It's a really powerful read.
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@Mkp-hearts-NYC: If you want to wed Hugh Jackman, you have to get in line behind my mother. With Heath Leger dead, she's moving on to mancrush numero dos!
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I'm starting to think I shall never understand the logic that these people apply to these situations. Can someone please help enlighten me?
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(we snark so we don't cry)
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(Yes, once again, I'm here with the, "Did someone say FOOD?" I almost said it to the breadcrumb comment.)
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*toss*
I am regretting tossing the coffee, now I have to go buy another one.
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I want to be reincarnated as a rape apologist-specific virus. Although being a douchebag-specifig virus might be cool too.
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See you there. At least we'll be in good company.
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ooh, and Pentacostal hell - with extra fire!
I will bring the marshmallows.
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I think hell will be more fun than these religions let on... The devil invented rock and roll!
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