Yeah - see I don't have the answer at all. Compared to this, gay rights seems like such a small issue.
At least gay rights feels solvable.
Discrimination on the basis of sex is not just normal, it is still for the most part acceptable. It almost sounds logical to say "hey - women make less because they have to take time off to have babies."
See? You are sacrificing better pay for the higher calling of propagating the species! Isn't that kind of you?
Despite what some of the adherents to Islam may practice, there are many that take a view that women are to be equal, if not revered. There was even an old prophet/iman who allowed women and men to pray together, ergo did not follow that women were unclean.
Islam is a fine path, just as a Christian one can be, as long as you walk it with some reason and thought--following either book to the letter is going to result in calamity. Of course, if you decide to be Warren Jeffs using the Book of Mormon, etc. any book could be used to heinous means.
Re: The Butterfly MosquepetsnakereggieMarch 10 2011, 15:23:01 UTC
It sounds like a fine book that I will definitely make an effort to read.
Without going into a series of links to articles about women in Muslim countries being put to death for adultery and some exploration of Sharia law as it applies to women. The Koran clearly speaks to the "shame of sex" when it comes to women and therin lies the problem. You can interpret a religion to meet your own personal beliefs but the fact remains that Islam pretty clearly spells out that women should be ashamed of their bodies.
It is certainly unfair of me to call out Islam alone when Christianity blames women for the whole tree of knowledge debacle (in spite of the fact that God clearly set her up). Catholics still refuse to allow women to enter the clergy.
I can go on and on. Every major world religion is - to some extent - Misogynistic. Most of them extremely so and while I singled out Islam because I believe it to be more extreme in it's misogynistic rhetoric, it is definitely not alone.
Re: The Butterfly MosqueremnimaatMarch 11 2011, 04:30:32 UTC
(Firstly, it seems you're referring more to Islamic culture versus the actual religion, which is a marked difference--that said, when it comes to the culture in Muslim countries, I will wholly concede that they're misogynistic
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At least gay rights feels solvable.
Discrimination on the basis of sex is not just normal, it is still for the most part acceptable. It almost sounds logical to say "hey - women make less because they have to take time off to have babies."
See? You are sacrificing better pay for the higher calling of propagating the species! Isn't that kind of you?
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Tim--if you wonder why a woman would willingly convert to Islam, may I suggest The Butterfly Mosque, by G. Willow Wilson?
Here's a link to an article that touches on it a bit:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/11/g-willow-wilson-converting-to-islam-and-selling-out-of-comics-by-greg-baldino/
Despite what some of the adherents to Islam may practice, there are many that take a view that women are to be equal, if not revered. There was even an old prophet/iman who allowed women and men to pray together, ergo did not follow that women were unclean.
Islam is a fine path, just as a Christian one can be, as long as you walk it with some reason and thought--following either book to the letter is going to result in calamity. Of course, if you decide to be Warren Jeffs using the Book of Mormon, etc. any book could be used to heinous means.
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Without going into a series of links to articles about women in Muslim countries being put to death for adultery and some exploration of Sharia law as it applies to women. The Koran clearly speaks to the "shame of sex" when it comes to women and therin lies the problem. You can interpret a religion to meet your own personal beliefs but the fact remains that Islam pretty clearly spells out that women should be ashamed of their bodies.
It is certainly unfair of me to call out Islam alone when Christianity blames women for the whole tree of knowledge debacle (in spite of the fact that God clearly set her up). Catholics still refuse to allow women to enter the clergy.
I can go on and on. Every major world religion is - to some extent - Misogynistic. Most of them extremely so and while I singled out Islam because I believe it to be more extreme in it's misogynistic rhetoric, it is definitely not alone.
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