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Originally posted by Dock9
reply to post by Annee
Don't 'dude' me sweetie and play the age game
because I can see you and raise you
Birthday yesterday. Not quite as old as you, but a hell of a lot wiser, obviously
Now, tell me what age has to do with it
Go on
Originally posted by Dock9
reply to post by Annee
Don't 'dude' me sweetie and play the age game
because I can see you and raise you
Birthday yesterday. Not quite as old as you, but a hell of a lot wiser, obviously
Now, tell me what age has to do with it
Go on
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by Dock9
' Because we created new legislation which prohibits bigamy. BUT ... we included a loophole to favour the muslims.
What is your opinion on why they are accommodating Muslims in this area?
MY PROFILE From The Sunday Times March 28, 2010
Saudis fund Balkan Muslims spreading hate of the WestBojan Pancevski in Skopje SAUDI ARABIA is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into Islamist groups in the Balkans, some of which spread hatred of the West and recruit fighters for jihad in Afghanistan.
According to officials in Macedonia, Islamic fundamentalism threatens to destabilise the Balkans. Strict Wahhabi and Salafi factions funded by Saudi organisations are clashing with traditionally moderate local Muslim communities.
Fundamentalists have financed the construction of scores of mosques and community centres as well as handing some followers up to £225 a month. They are expected not only to grow beards but also to persuade their wives to wear the niqab, or face veil, a custom virtually unknown in the liberal Islamic tradition of the Balkans.
See more here:
www.timesonline.co.uk...
Moderate Muslim Get's Kicked Out Of Mosque In Tulsa
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Age has a lot to do with things because most of what is transpiring now has transpired many times in the past, some over the course of older lifetimes more than once, with what's new now simply being the player.
In reality how Muslims are being treated today in many Western Christian Nations is very similar if not identical to how Jews were treated in early Nazi Germany.
People simply refuse to see it because they aren't Jews and this isn't Germany, but if you are looking at it objectively it's the same exact thing.
Originally posted by dizzylizzy
There are many cultural observances which are unacceptable in the West, forced marriage, polygamy, female genital mutilation etc. Why should the Burqua be tolerated?
As a female I cannot and do not accept that a woman should have to hide her feminity due to male insecurity and dominance.
“The Wahhabi Invasion of America”
Reza F. Safa, author of Inside Islam, estimates that since 1973, the Saudi government has spent an unbelievable $87B to promote Wahhabism in the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. According to official Saudi information, Saudi funds have been used to build and maintain over 1,500 mosques, 202 colleges, 210 Islamic Centers wholly or partly financed by Saudi Arabia, and almost 2,000 schools for educating Muslim children in non-Islamic countries in Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia.
The Kingdom has fully or partially financed Islamic Centers in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Fresno; Chicago; New York; Washington; Tucson; Raleigh, N.C. and Toledo, Ohio as well as in Austria, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and even in some Muslim countries such as Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia and Djibuti.
Saudi aid to Muslims abroad, however, comes with strings attached, and most of the recipient institutions end up promoting the Wahhabi version of Islam.
Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
reply to post by tom502
And what about the young French (born in France) women, talked about on the news this mornign, who choose to wear the burqa after they have religious "awakenings"? I don't agree with the "awakening" or forcing anyone to dress in a certain way, but stopping 300 women in a country of 62 million, from dressing as they want is lunacy.
Originally posted by Dock9
Yes, the Saudis themselves admitted they'd funded The Spread of the Promotion of Islam in the West to the tune of almost 90 billion -- and that was a couple of decades ago. As Jethro would say, ' That's oil -- that's liquid gold '. No wonder petrol prices are so high. We're funding the Promotion of the Spread of Islam in the West, here in the West
Originally posted by Maymunah
I wear the veil and had wanted to since I came to Islam but when I first became married, my husband preferred I did not wear it, over the months I finally talked him into letting me try it, since then I've been wearing for over a year and I love it even though at times it annoys me
Originally posted by Maymunah
Originally posted by dizzylizzy
There are many cultural observances which are unacceptable in the West, forced marriage, polygamy, female genital mutilation etc. Why should the Burqua be tolerated?
As a female I cannot and do not accept that a woman should have to hide her feminity due to male insecurity and dominance.
I've been reading the entire thread up to your post and wanted to write some other perspectives and found your post a good place to start.
First of all, wearing the face veil is usually a choice and you will be surprised to know that the majority of women who cover their faces made that decision themselves. Other than Saudi Arabia ( I believe the only country to enforce the veil) most Muslim women are not forced to wear it. I wear the veil and had wanted to since I came to Islam but when I first became married, my husband preferred I did not wear it, over the months I finally talked him into letting me try it, since then I've been wearing for over a year and I love it even though at times it annoys me
I think a better law is the one in Russia, I believe? Where women are not permitted to basically dress over revealing...I mean if a nation is going to start making the choice for how we dress, then make it in the proper way. Is it, or can it be a danger? Sure a man can dress in full Islamic clothing, with face cover and enter a womans bathroom for example, but there is also a danger in a nation implementing dress codes, a danger for the people, think about what comes next? Slowly, like the frogs in boiling water, people are losing their freedom and rights.
Originally posted by Mdv2
I am aware of the fact that most women choose to wear a veil, not a burqa/niqab, but I'm curious why you want to wear it. Do you feel it makes you a better Muslim? Personally, I have no problem with women wearing a veil (although I fail to see the point), but burqas and niqab are unacceptable since one wearing these could never integrate into Western society and if that's exactly what you want, you shouldn't be living here. The veil on the other hand is generally accepted.
I was travelling by coach from Damascus to Baghdad. When we were inside the Iraqi border, our coach was stopped by masked gunmen who boarded the bus.
Once inside, one of them asked us to show him our passports.
The hijab is being forced upon women at gunpoint. Women have no choice but to comply
I knew that he was looking to check who was Sunni and who was Shia - this can sometimes be obvious from people's surnames.
He asked why I was not wearing the hijab and threatened to kill me if I did not cover up my head.
In fact, I had been wearing the hijab but as it was hot and the coach was dark I felt free to take it off just during the journey.
A Christian Iraqi woman who was travelling with us was also forced to cover her head.
This is what is happening in Iraq where the wearing of the hijab is a recent development.
The hijab is being forced upon women at gunpoint. Women have no choice but to comply.
Muslim leaders in pay of Saudis
SIX Australian-based Muslim clerics who are leaders of the Islamic community in the country are on the payroll of the Saudi Government, receiving allowances of up to $2000 a month.
The Australian can reveal for the first time the identity of the clerics - some paid through the Saudi embassy in Canberra, others directly from Riyadh's Dawah (preaching) Office - who receive between 3500 and 7000 Saudi riyal ($1975) a month.
The payments to the six - who include former Howard government adviser Amin Hady and Melbourne Somali imam Isse Musse - are part of Saudi Arabia's multi-billion-dollar campaign to transform its hardline image in the West.
However, Sheik Hady told The Australian there were as many as 14 others in the country being paid by the Saudis.
Saudi Arabia has pumped more than $120 million into Australia since the 1970s to fund mosques, Islamic groups and clerics to propagate Wahhabism, the puritanical brand of Islam espoused by al-Qa'ida.
The Malaysian and Indonesian governments have also funded Islamic initiatives in Australia.
Sheik Hady defended the allowance he has received since his arrival in Australia more than 25 years ago, saying it came with no strings attached.
"So far, they never tell any of the preachers what to say and what to do," said the Indonesian imam at Zetland Mosque, in Sydney's inner south.
"We are fully independent of what we do ... they never instruct that this is what we should teach and this is what we should not.
"I don't think there is any notion with Wahhabism being imposed by anyone."
He refused to be drawn on how much money he received from the Saudis, but said there were as many as 20 clerics on Riyadh's books. "There are many - there are 15 to 20 people," he said.
While Sheik Hady refused to name others on the Saudi payroll, it is understood that Canberra cleric Mohammad Swaiti - revealed in April last year praising jihadists in a sermon - was being paid by Riyadh.