So I was googling "Muslim Marriage" randomly because I thought "hmmm if I ever get married in the next 10 years how would it even be like"? Due to my circumstances - I've never had the privledge of actually witnessing a Muslim Marraige - mainly due to bad timing with things going on. That made me go ahead and start some googling, and off all think Jihadwatch came up:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017551.php
WOW talk about spin.
Now talking about the ability of a man or woman to marry who they desire to within a Quranic context can be a VERY good debate - I've read about plenty of Muslim women who have married non Muslim Men and their children grow up to be Muslims, or they still maintain their Muslim identity. Its an interesting "dilemma" --> because the Quran assumes that children take on the religion of the Husband ~ not wife. And in any case the "restriction" isn't as obvious when one remembers that a Muslim man is only allowed to marry Jews and Christians in addition to Muslim - so both have their restrictions. But despite this, many "inter faith" marriages occur, and that is where I can see an interesting debate that I would love to listen to.
But Jihad watch takes it, and somehow (I'm still baffled, I guess if you close your eyes long enough and walk around you'll get used to running into things and getting knocked to the ground) spins it in such a sick and ridiculous way.
Of course now its sinking in better why conservatives hate the idea of this "vast right wing conspiracy" - because somehow there is this vast left wing conspiracy.
Of course the comments on the website were absolutely sickening as well - reminds me of these alleged "terrorist websites" that I heard about (I've actually never tried to visit one...I've been curious, but being a Muslim American and googling "terrorist website" seems to be a pretty stupid thing to do at this moment, especially when there are plenty of people waiting for you to "slip up" in any way to try to revoke rights...these are, of course, the same ones frothing at the mouth for some kind of war of civilizations).
How can we realistically take sites like Jihadwatch seriously and use them as sources on "Islam". They are great if you want to learn about reactionary elements AGAINST Islam because it can be one useful tool to help understand why these people have twisted ideas and hopefully learn to change that....but as an actual source in which to believe when it comes to Islamic law and beliefs is ridiculous
Reading the site makes me realize that the people who subscribe to it find one thing they don't like -hell it could be cultural such as female cicumscision. They latch onto it, and then they grow their dream - their desire. Islam becomes to them what THEY want to see, and what THEY want to believe and nothing more. They continue to repeat and parrot information that isn't true, because it fits THEIR belief of the world. And of course - they are never wrong and they are the ones that are absolutely right.
If they hate Islam so much, and they abhored clowns, I wouldn't doubt for a second that they would start to spread information about Muslim Clowns and their potential for taking a part in a suicide bombing.
Our Osama Bin Ladens are just as dangerous - but we don't see them in the media because they try to use our government and country's influence to create what they see. You may doubt and say "until we have suicide bla bla bla" - but you know what I don't believe for one second this constitutes any big portion of the American government or the "west". Its size at best is probably similar to the "Muslim Worlds" idiots ~ and we both know that 95% of people on both sides have absolutely no problem with eachother
Oh and to leave you with one of the posts I found there:
Will anyone even defend this?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017551.php
WOW talk about spin.
Now talking about the ability of a man or woman to marry who they desire to within a Quranic context can be a VERY good debate - I've read about plenty of Muslim women who have married non Muslim Men and their children grow up to be Muslims, or they still maintain their Muslim identity. Its an interesting "dilemma" --> because the Quran assumes that children take on the religion of the Husband ~ not wife. And in any case the "restriction" isn't as obvious when one remembers that a Muslim man is only allowed to marry Jews and Christians in addition to Muslim - so both have their restrictions. But despite this, many "inter faith" marriages occur, and that is where I can see an interesting debate that I would love to listen to.
But Jihad watch takes it, and somehow (I'm still baffled, I guess if you close your eyes long enough and walk around you'll get used to running into things and getting knocked to the ground) spins it in such a sick and ridiculous way.
Of course now its sinking in better why conservatives hate the idea of this "vast right wing conspiracy" - because somehow there is this vast left wing conspiracy.
Of course the comments on the website were absolutely sickening as well - reminds me of these alleged "terrorist websites" that I heard about (I've actually never tried to visit one...I've been curious, but being a Muslim American and googling "terrorist website" seems to be a pretty stupid thing to do at this moment, especially when there are plenty of people waiting for you to "slip up" in any way to try to revoke rights...these are, of course, the same ones frothing at the mouth for some kind of war of civilizations).
How can we realistically take sites like Jihadwatch seriously and use them as sources on "Islam". They are great if you want to learn about reactionary elements AGAINST Islam because it can be one useful tool to help understand why these people have twisted ideas and hopefully learn to change that....but as an actual source in which to believe when it comes to Islamic law and beliefs is ridiculous
Reading the site makes me realize that the people who subscribe to it find one thing they don't like -hell it could be cultural such as female cicumscision. They latch onto it, and then they grow their dream - their desire. Islam becomes to them what THEY want to see, and what THEY want to believe and nothing more. They continue to repeat and parrot information that isn't true, because it fits THEIR belief of the world. And of course - they are never wrong and they are the ones that are absolutely right.
If they hate Islam so much, and they abhored clowns, I wouldn't doubt for a second that they would start to spread information about Muslim Clowns and their potential for taking a part in a suicide bombing.
Our Osama Bin Ladens are just as dangerous - but we don't see them in the media because they try to use our government and country's influence to create what they see. You may doubt and say "until we have suicide bla bla bla" - but you know what I don't believe for one second this constitutes any big portion of the American government or the "west". Its size at best is probably similar to the "Muslim Worlds" idiots ~ and we both know that 95% of people on both sides have absolutely no problem with eachother
Oh and to leave you with one of the posts I found there:
Will anyone even defend this?
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