.. fuckin rub it in ...
Oh my, confused
and cracking under the pressure! Bad hair day?
I think symbolism is a very powerful way of bringing something to other peoples' attention.
In general people always look at the obvious first and get into detail later but only if they are knowledgeable or they just remain stuck at the surface.
If more and more muslims are seen practicing islam then this persuades others to do the same. We do not call masses sheep for nothing. So if we consider something dangerous, it will help if we could prevent it from being visible. This could help limit its spreading.
The visible signs not only draw our attention to themselves but in actual fact draw us towards themselves. This is why people use signs and slogans.
So if we wish to reduce influence of religions in our societies then we must not allow religious symbols and slogans that may increase influence of religions.
This is why we must not allow certain rights for religious people that may cause us serious troubles later.
Many things including burqas are seen as symbols of islamic power by majority of muslims so we need to be very careful when muslims make any demands as to how they are going to affect society at large.
Agreed
I wonder why muslims have reached such a state of distrust? Is it because they lack freedom and knowledge that makes a human being a better person?
Yes, I think the West is getting more clearer on this point. At least with certain articles like in The Economist.
Today we can see women are after women and men after men I wonder what can burqas do in such cases when there is no need for burqas in islam between people of same sex?
Well, for the women they are still denied to show beauty. For the men … guess they can express theirs.
Also men can wear burqas and be amongst women, so how do we ensure that it is a woman under the burqa not man?
Why would a Muslim man want to do something so awkward and difficult, under normal circumstances? I remember a BBC reporter wanted to once for security reasons, Mr John Simpson I think.
And doubtless you would be foremost among those hurling those epithets at him. Attaturk's "secularization" of Turkey of course failed at the end of the day because he did not close all the mosques. Sharia is like a Jack in the box with a broken lid which can only be kept in the box by constantly sitting on it. Once the pressure is released Jack'll just pop right out again with the same old malevolent grin on his face.
So why are things looking promising in Bangladesh right now? Plently of mosques still open there I can confirm.
What wasn't needed in "western Europe"? The destruction of the economic power of the Catholic church, the discharge of monastic orders and the outright persecution of the clergy in the Reign of terror?
Ah okay, thanks!
This kind of discussion will help educate muslims to think logically and that logical then can be used as regard other matters relatimng islam also and so little by little muslims can become aware of their own situation without anyone else telling them what is wrong with islam.
Unfortunately my experience has been that Islam severely limits open thought, so discussion about Islam by Muslims is very difficult to achieve (though I welcome whatever progress is made). What is easier and I've seen it work day in day out, is cognitive dissonance. Make Islam a very small part in their lives, do whatever possible to limit it's symbolism and it spreading, and you'll find Muslim kids growing up less in touch with the Muslim culture and learning more towards the West. You see this every time a Muslim girl tries to wear revealing Western/Indian clothes, or when a moderate Muslim bloke joins up to the facebook group 'I love Kim Kardashian ass'.
Astaghfirullah!
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