^That is by far one of the most ignorant posts i've ever read on this BBS. You should be ashamed of yourself. Generalizations like that have no place here.
^That is by far one of the most ignorant posts i've ever read on this BBS. You should be ashamed of yourself. Generalizations like that have no place here.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law?
-Chris
^That is by far one of the most ignorant posts i've ever read on this BBS. You should be ashamed of yourself. Generalizations like that have no place here.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law? No I am not ashamed of myself, the Muslim community should be. Funny how you never hear of them taking a stand against such treatment of women, at least none that gets any news coverage.
-Chris
^That is by far one of the most ignorant posts i've ever read on this BBS. You should be ashamed of yourself. Generalizations like that have no place here.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law?
-Chris
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law?
-Chris
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
Well you wouldn't know if by following news stories I apologize if I was too broad in my comments then.
-Chris
Just check out any news outlet in the US - CNN, FOX, MSNBC etc.
-Chris
Just check out any news outlet in the US - CNN, FOX, MSNBC etc.
-Chris
I'd rather not, I prefer my news to be a lot more impartial and a lot less full of sensationalist bullshit.
In fact, Muhammad was surrounded by strong women and had great respect for them. For much of history, women were freer and more equal in the Islamic world than they were in Christendom. The custom of veiling women probably originated in the Christian Byzantine Empire, adopted by choice by upper-class women who wished to differentiate themselves from concubines and prostitutes and gain the ability to move and participate freely in society without being defined by their sexuality. It actually originated, therefore, as a form of empowerment, and the Qur'anic exhortations about women covering their private parts (and the head, but not the face specifically) were accompanied by exhortations to men not to leer at women's bodies.
The ways in which certain extremist subsets of modern Islamic culture corrupt it into a tool for controlling and repressing women has more to do with the universal psychology of extremist cults than it does with Islamic law or doctrine. Just look at the way Tea Party politicians in the US talk about wanting to control and limit women's bodies in the name of traditional "Christian" values. It doesn't come from religion, it comes from controlling jerks twisting religion, any religion, into an excuse. And the entire religion should not be condemned for the way a certain faction has misrepresented its teaching, even if that faction does make enough noise to dominate "the news."
^That is by far one of the most ignorant posts i've ever read on this BBS. You should be ashamed of yourself. Generalizations like that have no place here.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law?
-Chris
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
I prefer my news to be a lot more impartial.
I prefer my news to be a lot more impartial.
No such thing. The mainstream news services are as swamped in selective bias and ideological assumptions as any non-mainstream source.
Guess you don't watch the news. Ever hear of Sharia Law?
-Chris
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
You surprise me sometimes, Dimesdan. In a good way.
For what it's worth, I find the ignorance of many Westerners regarding Islam to be very annoying, on multiple levels. Particularly when it comes to gender and gender roles/gendered assumptions, but I'm not going to bother going into any of that.
I prefer my news to be a lot more impartial.
No such thing. The mainstream news services are as swamped in selective bias and ideological assumptions as any non-mainstream source.
That is very true. You just have to pick out their bias.
-Chris
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
You surprise me sometimes, Dimesdan. In a good way.
For what it's worth, I find the ignorance of many Westerners regarding Islam to be very annoying, on multiple levels. Particularly when it comes to gender and gender roles/gendered assumptions, but I'm not going to bother going into any of that.
Well given what happened last time you decided to comment on such matters and the fact you decided to return, although just stay in the safety of Trek Lit, I think that's for the best don't you.
As for surprising you, I actually couldn't care less.
No such thing. The mainstream news services are as swamped in selective bias and ideological assumptions as any non-mainstream source.
That is very true. You just have to pick out their bias.
-Chris
Well lets just say, I'd rather pay attention to BBC News, Channel Four News or Al Jahzera than the rubbish attempt at news broadcasting Fox News is.
I agree with Paris, hanging out down in the TNZ, there is some truly dipshit statements, but this takes the biscuit.
Islam is a massive religion and as multifaceted as Christianity and only a small proportion follow that form of laws.
You surprise me sometimes, Dimesdan. In a good way.
For what it's worth, I find the ignorance of many Westerners regarding Islam to be very annoying, on multiple levels. Particularly when it comes to gender and gender roles/gendered assumptions, but I'm not going to bother going into any of that.
Well given what happened last time you decided to comment on such matters and the fact you decided to return, although just stay in the safety of Trek Lit, I think that's for the best don't you.