But I have lived in this ocuntry my entre life and I always get my news from the tabloids, the Jerry Springer Show and news that focused almost exclusively on back woods trailer parks.
Is that a bad thing? On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > >No, I'm stuck on the general and accepted abuse of wives and relatives > that > >is not protested because it is ingrained within the religious tradition of > >Islam. I'm against beheading, honor killings, beatings, mutilation, and > all > >of the other sundry abuses that happen every day but only come up on the > >mainstream radar when it is sensational. I want to see this abuse > recognized > >and protested against not by non-Muslims but by Muslims. I'm not talking > >about any abuse here but abuse which is rooted in a religious tradition. > If > >a religious tradition says its OK to hurt or kill someone and this is > acted > >on, then there is a problem. ANY religious tradition. > >I wonder if we would be having this conversation if the killer was a > >Christian and he stoned his wife to death for adultery. I expect not as we > >would have heard an outcry against it by now. > > Any sort of abuse is wrong. I have friends and neighbours who are Islamic, > and they don't exhibit this. The stuff about the genital mutilation has > nothing to do with Islam, rather those acts are a part of tribal traditions > in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Its extremely rare that you hear > about such in places like Indonesia. When you do its almost invariably > involving people from the Middle East or Northern Africa. Much of what you > describe is cultural, not a part of the religion. Its very much like > condemning all of the Hindu religion because of the actions of the Janata > Party in India. > > Your own perceptions also play a part. If you were a foreigner and your > only information about the US was the tabloids, the Jerry Springer Show and > news that focused almost exclusively on back woods trailer parks you'd have > a very different view of Americans than you would if you lived all your life > in the US. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
