Irshad Manji in Oxford
ditto | 28.04.2005 21:21 | Oxford
On Tuesday May 10th at 5:30pm at either the Flora Anderson Hall or the Margaret Thatcher Centre (to be confirmed later this week) at Somerville College on the Woodstock Road, Oxford, Irshad Manji will give a talk on: "Confessions of a Muslim Dissident: Why I Fight for Women, Jews, Gays...and Allah."
RSVP to mark.schaan@some.ox.ac.uk (Mark Schaan is the Junior Dean at Somerville).
RSVP to mark.schaan@some.ox.ac.uk (Mark Schaan is the Junior Dean at Somerville).
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And in London on 12th May
30.04.2005 08:40
For more information and to book:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/
Faith+Politics+HumanRights
q
01.05.2005 19:33
Would you listen to the US Fox media if you wanted to know the truth?
q
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Free speech
04.05.2005 15:57
Mike Rowley
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Hijab
05.05.2005 08:55
His orders - as must men. It is very clearly stated in the Quaran that a Muslim woman must be modest in her appearance for her own benefit. It is obvious to see the benefit of this. If she wears hijab and hides the shape of her body she will recieve more genuine respect and not be judged on her physical appearance. Hijab is an order from Allah for our benefit - we may not understand the benefit of His orders all of the time but we must submit to them - it is not a matter of interpretation - the rules are clear.
I recommend judging a book by its cover. Why do so many book covers show women in Hijab behind bars without smiles and women with hairdos and make up smiling? Deception is the answer.
In regards to interpretation - the instructions for an MFI table must be followed or the table will not be built. If you allow people to interperet the instructions in any way they want they will not build a table and would have wasted their money. Same with life - follow the clear rules and your life will be a success - interperet the rules as you like and waste it.
Hijab
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so have l got this qu'rect?
08.05.2005 18:40
david murray
Cool
09.05.2005 17:25
As I mentioned above it is better to refer to an Islamic scholar, if you search for "women" on the mentioned web-site you will have most of your questions answered.
Dr Tim Williams is (from Cambridge Uiversity Theology Department) is also coming to Est Oxford Community Centre soon. He is much more qualified to talk about Islam than CIA funded anti-islamic 'false - flaggers' (intelligence operatives interested in stiring up trouble and misinformation)
Cool?
Oprah Winfrey
09.05.2005 17:42
now I hope you all be good anti-capitalists and support Bushes and Ophrahs plans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1479419,00.html
Oprah
q
09.05.2005 20:26
Dr at East Oxford Community centre will also talk about ijtihad (except with its true meaning)
q
Intelligence?
09.05.2005 21:25
Indymedia is drumming up anti-G8 sentiment. The G8 has openly declared one of its policies this year to be the 'empowerment' of Muslim women. Indymedia seems also to have this policy.
We all know by now that annual mass demonstrations are, on balance, productive only for the status quo via their control of the media. Indymedia is thus strengthening the image of the status quo as the only viable option - all the alternatives (demonstrators) are violent / nuts etc.
Thus I cannot avoid the conclusion that all western political movements have the same roots and are openly united against Islam (A completely different and unique world view/reality). Their differences are in fact bogus when subject to deeper analysis.
Bristol
sorry, but I'm still puzzled
10.05.2005 15:01
Then again G8 calls for the end of the oppression of women in Islamic cultures, so does Indymedia. Then again Indymedia is opposed to G8, but is also fundamentally the same as it.
Sheesh, this is hard stuff. I think I'll stick to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity - much more straightforward.
David Murray
david murray
sorry, but I'm still puzzled
10.05.2005 15:02
Then again G8 calls for the end of the oppression of women in Islamic cultures, so does Indymedia. Then again Indymedia is opposed to G8, but is also fundamentally the same as it.
Sheesh, this is hard stuff. I think I'll stick to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity - much more straightforward.
David Murray
david murray
q
12.05.2005 18:45
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8818.htm
The second important point is equality. An infantile definition of 'equality' if taken to its logical conclusion would have men and women both having babies both being masculine and feminine. In fact there wouldn’t really be any people - only some creatures that were identical in every single aspect ranging from ability and appearance to age and intelligence.
This is obviously absurd. Men and women are different - their spiritual value is equal - women however receive far more respect than men in Islam. A great warrior was once told not to go and fight Jihad because his mother was frail - aiding his mother was more important. Also one of the seven deadly sins in Islam is to speak ill of a chaste woman - no such severe warning exists for speaking ill of chaste men.
I hope this has directed you towards some understanding of reality.
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