Daylight Savings Millennium
October 29th, 2006 at 9:38 am . by el nuko
As Americans “fall back” in their biannual hourly Daylight Savings time adjustment, muslim women in Australia are hoping for a much longer and more permanent adjustment in the misogynous attitudes as characterized by a Ramadan sermon delivered at the Lakemba mosque near Bankstown, Australia.
The Australian last week revealed that in a sermon last month, Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly blamed the rape victim for being raped, and likened immodestly dressed women to “meat” that attracted voracious predators.
“I am not fresh meat; he should not compare girls to meat,” said one young Muslim woman. “It was totally unacceptable and I am embarrassed by him,” said another. Yet another described him as “ignorant, unprofessional, unacceptable”.
Another speaker said:
“No matter what colour or creed, it is just not right. I think the majority of Muslim women would feel this way, it would be unimaginable for them to support him. Being a woman, how could you support that view?”
She said that as an educator she taught children they needed to be responsible for their actions. “This is what a leader should be saying to his male followers, that they should be responsible for their actions.”
Saying that these attitudes do not represent true islam is either a true statement, or it is not. It is, however, not the responsibility of the Western world to learn the meaning of true islam through CAIR-sponsored sensitivity training, or by listening to the pious pronouncements of talking-head taquiya saying that islam is a Religion of Peace™.
Honor killing, intimidation, intifada, riot, murder, mayhem, and the constant seething against a perceived insult or slight, speaks with a volume and intensity that words simply cannot excuse. It is time for the islamic world to “Spring Forward” a millennium, and clean up its act, or face marginalization, if not outright separation, from civilized society.
Related Links: Cached version of Hilaly’s ramadan sermon
Comment posted by Muslim Manifesto « Nuke’s news & views
at 10/30/2006 12:38:52 PM
[…] Yesterday, I made the following comment about the true meaning of islam: Saying that these attitudes do not represent true islam is either a true statement, or it is not. It is, however, not the responsibility of the Western world to learn the meaning of true islam through CAIR-sponsored sensitivity training, or by listening to the pious pronouncements of talking-head taquiya saying that islam is a Religion of Peace™. […]
Comment posted by vimto
at 10/30/2006 2:21:18 AM
Up early before we head on out to Barnastable and around. This is an excellent post and is all the more sobering for the logic and restrained language. The meeting point between Islam and the West is drawing nearer. At the moment it is just rumblings…..
Comment posted by nuke
at 10/29/2006 4:35:47 PM
thanks. I dunno, it’s something about internet explorer that causes the sidebar to align incorrectly.
>nuke
Comment posted by Angel
at 10/29/2006 4:02:29 PM
hi there..I got the trackback but cant see if u linked to my site because the post is covered over with your blogroll!..lol..you may wish to make an adjustment..great read..ty!
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