thank you, that was great. I am happy to report that my religion, Judaism, has always been a big fan of music, dancing, and sex, as long as the dancing is with members of the same sex, the music isn't played on Friday nights and Saturdays, and the sex is only between married people of opposite sexes. Hey, we can't have everything.
--- In [email protected], "gina_ellis_ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > > ..... > > It reminds me of another newsweek > > article (go newsweek!) by a former Islamic radical convert who had to > > give up all his music. That was the first bad sign. Slowly he > > realized he was being brainwashed and jumped off the radical Islam > > caravan. I will post it separately. > > > In Montreal, some Muslim parents are asking (demanding - haha, "demand" > in French means "ask"....dunno what the French for demand is) that > their kids be exempted from the compulsory music classes, because > singing and playing instruments IS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL or something. > I'm happy to say that a local imam said that was a lot of hooey, the > Koran doesn't forbid music, and as long as the kids don't join gay > bands...okay, he didn't say THAT bit... > > Really strict Islam forbids art, dancing, music and lots of things that > are *fun*. We Christians, esp. we Protestants, tried that and it maybe > got us building bridges and steam-engines (I'm thinking Scottish > Presbyterians, such as my forebears), but it's hard to keep the > repression going. For the Muslims (non-PC "joke" warning here), if the > young men can't sing, dance, have sex, what's left but to blow people > up? >
