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On the issue of women to take just one example
So Islam says you have to dress modestly. It does
NOT require the veil- the full body veil covering the face is the dress code for women in bedouin culture, not Islam. Speaking of which, Japanese ninjas covered their whole bodies from head to toe- except for the eyes, with plain jet black coloured clothing. But I don't see anyone making a big deal out of that.
The fact that it has been incorporated into Islam & made as a rule is the testament to the outreach & power of Wahabi fanatics, who were globally empowered by the capitalist West (ex: Al Sauds Saudi, Taliban Afghanistan- after the DRA fell).
Requiring modest dressing isin't something that's exclusive to Islam- the USSR had a dress code too, whether you like it or not. I highly doubt in the Soviet Union, a girl would be able to wear a skimpy mini & a sports bra with the inscriptions "$100", "touch me", "Stalin's b#$ch", "Lebed's ho" etc., either. Many museums, schools and other public places and even guided tours in the Soviet Union required a dress code, which kind of seemed a bit on the "harsh" side for me.
In the USSR, to attend a guided tour- I had to wear a sleeved shirt, slacks and shoes. Not just in Moscow even in Central Asian SSRs. I couldn't participate if I wore a printed Tee, a sleeveless shirt, tight torn jeans etc. The USSR didn't exactly demand "formal wear"- but there still had a dress code in many public places nevertheless.
And even in the West, women & men are required to adhere to a rather uptight & strict dress code while entering job fields- most notoriously the non IT (Info Tech) white collar fields. And in the so called "bastion of freedom" EU- in countries like France, CHILDREN who wear a headscarf out of their own choice are forcibly chucked out of the classroom because it violates "secular values"
So don't give me lectures on how Islam restricts womenfolk. To show how "liberal" the West is, try wearing "inner city gangsta" clothing and try to check yourself into a hotel in your city's business centre and tell me the reception you get.
Point though is, wahabi fanatics do indeed treat women poorly, but so do fanatics in almost every religion / philosophy out there- Socialism included. In the Socialist world- take Ceaucescu's stance on women, for example.
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On the issue of women to take just one example.
WHat issues on women?
The fact that divorce is guaranteed just with repeating "talaq" thrice- whereas in other theologies this isin't even a possibility? How's about the fact that women were guaranteed entrepreneural rights...not to mention the right to remarriage.
Oh true evil!
Islam doesn't encourage women to become wage slaves & encourages them to take care of the household, what's so evil about this? This way, people wouldn't need to tax the economy for social services like free daycare centres, boarding schools, old age homes (parents of both the husband & the wife are taken care of by the wife), tutoring the child, quality family time etc.
Single working households (versus dual) aren't necessarily indicative of a backward system. A good chunk of DPRK runs this way too, and I can assure you the professional & social perks enjoyed by a North Korean woman is far superior to most countries in the world out there.
But if the woman doesn't choose marriage- she is free to pursue entrepreneurship. There was no mention of work or factory jobs in Islamic texts because factories & industrial wages didn't exist 1400 years ago.
But every non Wahabi hadith grants women the right to work, if she so chooses.
Married women are
discouraged from taking up work or a biz (if the spouse is making enough to sustain the household) but not
banned. Two different things. Well, Socialist leaders like Nehru & Kim Il Sung also encouraged single working families, there's nothing archaic or feudal about that.
Given the challenges & perils Socialism faces today, the last thing we need is a Red Stormfront
Confusing Wahabi'ism w/ Islam is like confusing Nazi skinheads w/ normal Germans.
In simple English...
Wahabi'ism : Islam as to Pol Pot : Communism.
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seeks the truth as oppossed to religion which is based on faith alone.
Communism, Socialism & Capitalism are socio-political doctrines. Religion is something that's something very personal to an individual. However, I will hold that theology shouldn't be allowed to manifest itself in politics.
As long as that's achieved, I don't see why we have to be so uptight about a group of folks who value their religion / culture etc.
Also, while
Islam's (i.e. not Wahabi Islam) outlook on women may not be "perfect"- what can we brag about in modern cosmopolitan culture as far as women go?
So, I suppose "Free" women implies 10-12 year old preteens putting on makeup heavier than the armour plating of a T-72 MBT and dressing like prostitutes, thanks to advertising overkill
How's about the fact that a good chunk of families are in utter dissaray in most modern, cosmopolitan societies, with divorce rates reaching as high as 50%, and adultery, neglecting the child etc., are "common incidents" that don't even attract a semi stiff criminal penalty
That's a pretty damned retarded system, as far as women go.
This sort of uneducated single track cultural chauvenism as seen in the post above, when assessing a philosophical doctrine that's different from one's own is the one of the reasons why North Korea doesnt allow most outsiders to interact w/ the locals.
