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Old 10-31-2007, 12:30 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Old 10-31-2007, 02:09 AM   #82 (permalink)
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I'll second that Marky, even having just stepped out of the shower without a drop of make up on, her beauty is striking. Haifa with all her surgeries pales in comparison.

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Old 10-31-2007, 03:45 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Dear A'isha,

The comparison of Islamic Law and European Law was the subject of last week's lectures at my faculty. I think that a lot of times in the West the Hudud are used as an identification for the entire Sharia and even more broadly for "Islamic culture". And it serves as a succesful means for western politicians (like the Dutch fruitcake Moon was talking about) to emphasize the difference between the sophisticated and well-developed West and the backward irrational Islamic culture.

After all, we're never going to hear about women's possession rights according to the Sharia, which were ahead of European Law for years, since this is not feeding the Islamophobia and Arabophobia...

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I understand where you are coming from since I am often in a positon where I have to defend both Arabs and Islam. ( I am not a Muslimah, but I did a Master's thesis on contrast and comparison of Islamic law and western law as they pertain in certain countries ( U.S/ Canada and Saudi Arabia/the Levant). I learned quite a lot as to the differences in what Qur'an and Sharia actually say and how such wisdom is applied. It is very much like western law in that there are some people who can buy their way out of anything!! I hope you will take the time to read the Women in Between Series that I wrote, so that you can see that I am not talking about just one country or group of women. Suha Azar wanted it published in Lebanon because she thinks it is so applicable and a slice of truth in the lives of Arab women.
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Old 10-31-2007, 04:57 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Dear Yasmina,
So true!! We also never read about different interpretations of Islamic law according to some female scholars ( a thing that Muslims themselves rarely know about), or those who interpret the meaning of the four wives thing differently according to what Mohamed (Peace be on him) was reported to have said, or about the behaviors of some of his wives, where the idea of veiling came from, differences between Sunni and Shiite etc.
We get vilification that leads to phobia, exactly!!
Islam was one of the first religions to acknowledge that women have any rights at all.
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Dear A'isha,

The comparison of Islamic Law and European Law was the subject of last week's lectures at my faculty. I think that a lot of times in the West the Hudud are used as an identification for the entire Sharia and even more broadly for "Islamic culture". And it serves as a succesful means for western politicians (like the Dutch fruitcake Moon was talking about) to emphasize the difference between the sophisticated and well-developed West and the backward irrational Islamic culture.

After all, we're never going to hear about women's possession rights according to the Sharia, which were ahead of European Law for years, since this is not feeding the Islamophobia and Arabophobia...
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Old 10-31-2007, 05:10 PM   #85 (permalink)
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I'll second that Marky, even having just stepped out of the shower without a drop of make up on, her beauty is striking. Haifa with all her surgeries pales in comparison.

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Suha's absolutely stunning!
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I agreed with KuteNurse on her statement about not judging a book by its cover.

But you made me think, you're right. In the West, men and women also aren't equal
I don't have problems with nude on television etc., but I really hate it when women are made into sexual object, while men aren't. I once watched erotic late night commercials for hours, waiting for a commercial with some "sexy man", especially for women. It didn't come...
this is what i say about beauty, so pretty on the outside, but on the inside they look just like everyone else.

in regards to that though, they should not be "judged" to be less interesting people because they are so attractive. that is simply a matter of hate and jealousy...to imply that because she is beautiful she is dumb, dull, catty...

and as far as women and equalilty, we having every right/ability to assume equality. we are equal in our inalienable rights. male and female are entitled to the pursuit of happiness.

any time women want to stop being objectified, they'll stop putting themself up on that stage. reminds me...you can lead a horse to the trough but you cant make him drink. ok girls, JUST SAY NO. but half of them cant do it now can they.

this is why equality isnt equal. in the USA if women arent equal they have noone to blame but themself. thats just my opinion.
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