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India-Pakistan
Lal Masjid vows not to allow 'enlightened Islam'
2007-06-30
Seriously, we didn't make up that headline.
Lal Masjid prayer leader Maulana Abdul Aziz declared in his Friday sermon that men’s shaking hands with women, massage centres, dance and music parties were all un-Islamic. “Shaking hands with women is not allowed in Islam and all the massage centres, dance and music parties were un-Islamic,” Maulana Aziz said. He vowed that that they would not allow such kind of “enlightened Islam” in the country in which shaking hands with women was allowed. He also justified carrying arms by Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the deputy cleric of Lal Masjid, and said, “carrying weapons is according to the Sunnah.”
Posted by:Fred

#8  As Khomeini said, "There is no fun in Islam." Although I suspect that many of them do in fact derive pleasure from activities such as seething, ranting, being offended, burning flags, beating their wives, restoring their family honour by killing female relatives, etc.
Posted by: Whinetch Mussolini7320   2007-06-30 14:43  

#7  How about Fresh Frozen Jumbo Shrimp?
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds   2007-06-30 11:04  

#6  Shaking hands with women is not allowed in Islam

Think this guy is alone in his views? Remember Iranian ex-president Khatami? You know, the chap whose head is in the noose for shaking hands with foreign women. This is Islam, folks. It is a violent, backward, archaic, draconian, misogynistic and totalitarian mindset that simply has no place in modern reality.

Either we go about eliminating it from the face of this earth or face consequences that will last for decades, if not centuries. There is no reconciliation, negotiation, rapprochement or any other sort of terms that can be obtained with these mental cases. With Islam, what you see is what you get. There is no getting around the fact that every single Muslim majority country in this world is a cesspit of human rights abuses, theocratic intolerance and political cronyism that constitutes a crime against humanity.

Islam demands that it be all or nothing. It is up to the West to ensure that the answer is a resounding thunderclap of nothingness. How much longer can the West afford to squander HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR fighting this willful madness? Churchill was absolutely right when he identified Islam as a "retrograde" force.

Any accommodation with Islam requires a loss of important progress. Advances that millions who went before us gave their very lifeblood for. Are we to squander their ultimate sacrifice in order to toady ourselves in front of some raving psychotics? Face the question squarely.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-06-30 08:44  

#5  So he prefers to live in the 7th century and encourage barbarism?
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-06-30 08:30  

#4  Â“enlightened Islam”

"raging calm"
"tranquil turmoil"
"peaceful warfare"
"hateful love"
"passive aggression"
Posted by: Mullah Lodabullah   2007-06-30 07:44  

#3  Good Old Boy Fatwah: I decree that all copies of the Koran will be transformed into toilet tissue, and every citizen of Pakistan will be required to eat pork as a staple. And don't question either my authority or my ability to enforce this fatwah.
Posted by: McZoid   2007-06-30 06:43  

#2  allowed*
Posted by: Snereck de Medici6366   2007-06-30 02:20  

#1  Shaking hands is not aloud, but butt raping little Christian boys who don't convert is.

This is the devil's religion.
Posted by: Snereck de Medici6366   2007-06-30 02:20  

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