and the Torah provides death penalties for gays, wizards, and people who curse their parents.
On Monday, December 2, 2013 6:54:27 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > http://indiatoday.intoday.in/ > Fatwa: Women who swim in the sea commit adultery, should be punished > > > *"When a woman goes swimming, as the word for sea is masculine, when "the > water touches the woman's private parts, she becomes an 'adulteress' and > should be punished." - Summary of a report titled "The misguided Fatwas of > the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis", as published in the Al Masry Al Youm.* > > Al Azhar mosque (Reuters) > > A report by a committee set up by Al Azhar, one of the oldest and most > prestigious Islamic universities in Cairo, to study the fatwas issued by > the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis reveals how Islamists view women. > > The findings of the committee's report were published in the Egyptian > newspaper Al Masry Al Youm. In all, the committee studied 51 fatwas issued > by the Brotherhood and the Salafis during President Mohamed Morsi's tenure. > > According to the report, "the fatwas issued by both groups (the Muslim > Brotherhood and Salafis) regard women as strange creatures who are created > solely for sex. They considered the voices of women, their looks and > presence outside the walls of their homes an 'offence'. Some even went as > far as to consider women as a whole offensive." > > Another fatwa prohibited women from "eating certain vegetables or even > touching cucumbers or bananas", due to their phallic imagery which could > lead women down the wrong path. > > Another fatwa directed women to "turn off the air conditioners at home in > the absence of their husbands as this could indicate to a neighbour that > the woman is at home alone and any of them could commit adultery with her". > > Another fatwa orders that girls as young as 10-years-old be married "to > prevent them from deviating from the right path". > > Another prohibited girls from going to school more than 25km away from > their homes. > > A strange one said that a couple's marriage would be annulled if they > copulate with no clothes on. > > Interestingly, one fatwa which made headlines all over the world was > issued by the Al Azhar university which called for women to "breastfeed > male acquaintances thereby making them relatives and justifying their mixed > company". The fatwa was, however, later retracted. > > At the same time, some of these fatwas also sanctioned the use of women as > human shields during violent demonstrations and protests. > > The Gatestone Institute, in an earlier report, had said that some of the > fatwas issued by the Brotherhood and Salafis during Morsi's tenure > advocated the destruction of the pyramids and sphinx, the scrapping of the > Camp David Accord, killing anyone who protested against ousted Egyptian > president Mohamed Morsi, forbidding Muslims from greeting Christians, > forbidding Muslim cab drivers from transporting Christian priests, > forbidding TV shows that mock or make light of Islamists; and forbidding > women from marrying any men involved with the former Mubarak government. > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
