This is irrelevant. The people have been freed. Women may vote, get an education. It will take a long time of course to work out the religious limitations placed on them, but I hope that it will happen.
I elected to ignore the nonsensical accusations against the US. More supremacist silliness. Bring your proofs, if ye are truthful.
The women of Afghanistan aren't supportive of the US invasion. Maybe some paid women have fabricated accounts and presented baseless arguments. The women in Afghanistan were supportive of the Taliban because the Taliban executed all rapists and womanizers. Adultery was punished by death. A great American lie is that the Taliban did not have girl schools, which is a complete lie. As a matter of fact, Kabul had many girls schools, some of which are still operational in Afghanistan. The Taliban also asked the European countries and America for funds to pay for more, however they were turned down.
These are baseless lies. Women were not permitted schooling in Afghanistan, except perhaps in a madrassa. The women of Afghanistan are free, complain as you might.
Yes I am saying that the Imams coming to America form various regions are not preaching hatred.
Then you are wrong.
Considering how many Muslims were deported alone based on immigration violations, if an imam did say something against America, he would be sent straight to a CIA secret prison without any trial or even informing his family.
Utterly laughable.
Cartoons used to insult and encourage violence against a weak and suseptible Muslim minority in a Western country does justify anger.
Cartoons - most of which were innocuous - do not justify hatred, vandalism, rioting and murder.
I don't know about the murder of a Westerner, however he has a right to challenge US hegemony in his country. He is more entitled to his country than the Americans.
Oh? And those who want an Iraq with elections and democracy - do they have the right to demand such? Or must those who oppose Sunnism be killed?
The resistance fighters of Fallujah were engaged in fighting American occupation forces. They never used illegal chemical weapons in combat. Americans did use phosperous, go look it up. The brave soldiers fought a long a bloody battle on the front lines. This is pure propganda. The civilian deaths were not taken from the Americans because American soldiers don't believe in respecting the dead.
Nonsensical tirade aside, the American soldiers didn't hide in madrassas or among civilians and then scream foul when the Americans fired back.
I think the word for that is: cowardice.
This is a difference of opinion. In Islamic countries, homosexuality is views as evil and inhuman, thus to the Muslim masses the punishments are justified. The West can have whatever law regarding this they want, as a matter of fact, it would be best if America became a nation of homosexuals, then there would be no proceeding generation and the world would be better off.
There's that hate. Let it out. Tell us what you really think.
But no, this is not a difference of opinion. It means you are essentially a Nazi. Homosexuals are humans too. You are advocating murder.
Hamas hasn't even initiated any laws. Your arguments against the Taliban are based on American lies. Iran's government is guilty of being anti-Israel so it must be oppressive as well.
No, it's oppressive because it's oppressive. Funnily enough, Americans don't hang sixteen year olds because they got raped by their uncles. And the very first business of Hamas is sharia. They've admitted as much.
Again, taken out of context, this was based on the breach of a treaty by the Makkan Pagans who massacred a tribe allied to the people of Madinah.
Wow, all sharia everywhere must be taken out of context. So the oppression of non-muslims in muslim countries - which you say is not islamic - is all a big misunderstanding. You must not approve of sharia at all then.
I am Muslim, I pay Zakat every year. My ancestors were Muslim, they payed Zakat every year. It has been obligatory for 1400 years.
No. Not in all countries, not at all times.
Ok, once they initiate it, go send them a letter or something.
No, the time to act is now, before Hamas thinks they can begin oppressing non-believers as in other islamic countries. I can understand how you wouldn't take such concerns seriously, of course, as you are muslim yourself.
Being Muslim and having studied the laws of governance in Islam, I will tell you you are completely incorrect. The Jizya did not have a set rate and was definately not twice. If you are so sure of yourself, bring me a hadith on this value.
A hadith? LOL! And what would that mean to me? I tell you instead, read "The Sword of the Prophet".
The massacre of the Hindus by the Sufis. The massacre of peace-loving animists in the Sudan.
Seeing how modern Islamic armies are resistance movements in their respective countries, it is the West that needs to be pushed out. Minorities in Islamic countries are hardly oppressed, in many ways Muslims respect and protect the rights of minorities in the Middle East and Muslim world.
They abrogate them in more ways than they protect them. Unless not having freedom to convert from islam and spreading hate about them is "protection". For example:
The Dhimmi is not allowed to preach their religion to Muslims because this undermines the Islamic character of the State, but they may practice religion freely in churches, temples, homes, without any fear.
Aside from the fact that they particularly may not practice without fear - as Saudi Arabia shows time and again, and as is the experience of the Copts in Egypt - why are dhimmis not allowed to preach to muslims? Muslims are allowed to try to convert non-muslims.
Your entire system appears to be based on islamic supremacism.
Women have different rights of inheritance because they do not carry the full weight of obligations of the family. They are not obliged to work for their spouses or children and any money they earn is their own, while a husband has to spend on his family.
Yusuf Ali Translation, the most widely used and authentic according to most of the Muslim English speaking people.
It is not in the original text; nor, moreover, is anyone supposed to be using an English translation to learn islam. Islam is meant to be studied in Arabic alone; therefore, the English translation is not exactly a model of islam.
Pickthall, for example, is more recent and does not state this:
Q4:34 Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart,
and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them.
Qatada said as narrated by al-Tabari in his Tafsir (5:68): "Ghayr mubarrih means ghayr sha'in = not disgraceful/ not outrageous/ not obscene/ not indecent [beating]." `Ata' said: "I asked Ibn `Abbas: 'What is the hitting that is ghayr al-mubarrih?' He replied: '[With] the siwak [toothbrush] and the like'." Narrated by al-Tabari in his Tafsir (Dar al-Fikr 5:68).
al-Tabari? Wasn't he born 200 years after Mohammed? He's also considered questionable and highly weak.
Why is islam so desperate to control women?
Indeed, the women can present an abuse case to the Islamic Khalifat's court. This has happened, and a women has the full right of divorce, alsoa women is allowed to put conditions for marriage, as well as obtain a dowry in exchange for marriage which is a gift for her only, not to be touched by anyone.
And their testimony is worth half a man's. I'm sure many of those cases
must be successful, then.
Servants, workers, adopted children, other family members, or people living under your roof.
Slaves. "Those whom your right hands possess" = slaves.
Geoff