Sheikh ‘Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Obikan, an advisor at the Saudi Justice Ministry, recently issued a fatwa allowing the breastfeeding of adults. The fatwa is aimed at enabling an unrelated man and woman to be secluded in the same room, a situation which Islam considers forbidden gender mixing. The rationale behind the fatwa is that breastfeeding creates a bond of kinship between the man and woman, rendering the man her mahram,[1] thus making it acceptable for them to be together in seclusion.
The fatwa created a stir in Saudi Arabia and in the Arab media at large, arousing a wave of criticism from clerics and columnists alike. Clerics claimed that breastfeeding could not create a bond of kinship between a female and an unrelated male over two years of age, and some claimed that the fatwa contradicted the shari’a. Columnists argued that such grotesque fatwas are insulting to women, and also tarnish the Muslims’ image. One columnist pointed to a paradox, namely that the fear of gender-mixing is prompting clerics to encourage lewd behaviors like women breastfeeding grown men.
Despite this criticism, Al-’Obikan has stood his ground, and even reiterated his position in greater detail.
On a day when we are all celebrating America by nursing outrageous hangovers and third degree burns from ill-advised sparkler incidents, keep in mind what freedoms we wouldn’t be experiencing without those who fought.
“Afshan Azad, 22, was cast as Padma Patil, a classmate of the child wizard in the film series.
Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, are alleged to have threatened her at her Longsight home. The 28-year-old is also accused of assaulting his sister.
Both men appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The case was adjourned until July 12 for committal proceedings to Manchester Crown Court.”
Since the BBC refused to use the word “Muslim” or “Islam” anywhere in this article, I will point out the obvious–that this BS needs to not be making its way into American culture (via Ground Zero mosque, shar’ia law, and the list goes on…).
Since killing all Christians and Jews in hopes of winning a bunch of virgins behind door number Jihad is going to obviously save the world, Prince Charles told scholars at the Islamic Studies of Oxford meeting that following the tenets of Islam is how we will achieve global healthiness.
Taking a queue from Al Gore, he commented: ‘The inconvenient truth is that we share this planet with the rest of creation for a very good reason – and that is, we cannot exist on our own without the intricately balanced web of life around us…Islam has always taught this and to ignore that lesson is to default on our contract with creation.”
Funny, I don’t remember anything about HIV syringe missiles and dirty bombs being part of my Earth Day education.
Two female suicide bombers killed 37 people and injured 65 on a mass transit metro in Moscow today. No group has taken responsibility for the actions, but officials are suspicious of Muslim militants from the North Caucusus, where a growing insurgence from Chechnya is butting heads with the Kremlin. Posted on an unofficial Islamist militant site was this damning comment, “‘Blood will no longer be limited to our (Caucasus) cities and towns. The war is coming to their cities.”
The bombings took place at Park Kultury and Lubyanka.
Above: Google’s overtly religious gesture to Islam during Ramadan, compared to Google’s Christmas image, completely scrubbed of any religious overtones. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone, unless they’re Christians.
Google openly endorsed Obama during the election, so it should come as no surprise that the search engine, which, even I admittedly use, is blocking searches and sites that have anything negative to say about Islam. Problematically, Google has not extended this censorship to any other religion.
Here’s a pretty telling/downright scary screen grab series, borrowed from the good folks atAtlas Shrugs:
(PS: if you don’t believe it, try it out for yourself. You know you want to).
