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| Saudi Clerics Pray for Rain, Blaming the Drought on Unveiled Women |
| 2004-04-01 |
| Saudi clerics across the kingdom led worshippers in prayers for rain Thursday, blaming a recent drought on sinfulness, including women who unveil themselves or mingle with men. Thursday’s prayers come as Saudi Arabia reported less than normal rainfall over the winter months. Addressing hundreds of worshippers in Mecca, Grand Mosque cleric Abdel Rahman bin Abdel Aziz al-Sudeis said Muslims should purify their hearts of "envy, jealousy, hatred, breaking off (relations), quarrels and enmity for trivial reasons," and ask for God’s forgiveness to end the drought. "There is no sin without misfortune, and there is no lifting of punishments without repentance; the sins are dangerous because whenever they exist, destruction follows," al-Sudeis said. He singled out women, saying their sins included "bedecking, unveiling, mingling (with men), being indifferent with hijab (the veil)." cont’d..... |
| Posted by:Ghostrider |
| #19 Fred Pruitt censors truth while Americans die in Iraq on basis of lies. |
| Posted by: Jackson TROLL 2004-04-01 10:09:22 PM |
| #18 Fred Pruitt censors truth while Americans die in Iraq on basis of lies. |
| Posted by: Jackson 2004-04-01 10:07:28 PM |
| #17 Fred Pruitt censors truth while Americans die in Iraq on basis of lies. |
| Posted by: Jackson 2004-04-01 10:07:28 PM |
| #16 Fred Pruitt censors truth while Americans die in Iraq on basis of lies. |
| Posted by: Jason TROLL 2004-04-01 9:56:43 PM |
| #15 maybe it was that One World mag spread with Lil Kim with a veil and no bra or blouse http://www.eurweb.com/articles/headlines/12232002/headlines824712232002.cfm |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-04-01 9:16:07 PM |
| #14 Yes the cleric is full of shit. People should be able to wear whatever they like. The weather has nothing to do with with women not wearing veils its the way it is because it is God's will that it be raining or sunny etc. |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-04-02 11:19:43 AM |
| #13 I blogged a story a few weeks ago about a meteorologist in Afghanistan; the Taliban had destroyed all his weather instruments and wouldn't let him publish forecasts because they said it was "of the Devil." We are going to have to drag these Medieval Muslims into the 21st Century screaming and kicking. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-04-01 11:24:46 PM |
| #12 I blogged a story a few weeks ago about a meteorologist in Afghanistan; the Taliban had destroyed all his weather instruments and wouldn't let him publish forecasts because they said it was "of the Devil." |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-04-01 11:21:28 PM |
| #11 It's been raining up here for 3 days with more coming. And every broad I see is "unvieled". This just might lead me to believe that our cleric friend is quite possibly full of shit. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-04-01 10:55:32 PM |
| #10 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Joe TROLL 2004-04-01 10:09:22 PM |
| #9 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Jason TROLL 2004-04-01 9:56:43 PM |
| #8 If a drought is caused by sin, what message should they take from the fact that THEIR HOMELAND IS A FUCKING DESERT?! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-01 9:39:57 PM |
| #7 "Lil Kim" and "Spread" in the same sentence? Who'da thunk it? She was a hot lil number in that pic tho' ;-)~ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-01 9:36:49 PM |
| #6 "...blaming a recent drought on sinfulness, including women who unveil themselves or mingle with men." So why is there any rain at all here, the land of the Great Satan? We must be much, MUCH more virtuous than these people. Shame on them. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-01 9:29:42 PM |
| #5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: mhw TROLL 2004-04-01 9:16:07 PM |
| #4 Keep up the hope, AP: sometimes the teams from the bigs will call a kid like you up from the minors before |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-01 9:10:32 PM |
| #3 With a name like Grand Mosque cleric Abdel Rahman bin Abdel Aziz al-Sudeis, I will bet you a bag of Saudi ryals that this guy can crank out World Class fatwas that would put us all to shame. I have finally realized that Al-Aska Paul will never get out of the AAA fatwa league...*sigh* |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-01 9:07:00 PM |
| #2 "Addressing hundreds of worshippers in Mecca, Grand Mosque cleric Abdel Rahman bin Abdel Aziz al-Sudeis said Muslims should purify their hearts of "envy, jealousy, hatred, breaking off (relations), quarrels and enmity for trivial reasons" Hey Abby, isn't that what Islam is all about? |
| Posted by: steve d. 2004-04-01 8:58:28 PM |
| #1 "bedecking" 1) to clothe with finery 2) decorate - Merriam-Webster Oh yeah, it was the pasties used at the Jeddah Cootchie Cootchie a' Go-Go Bar that did it. Islam. You can only see "cause -> effect" when it's fucking insane. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-01 8:49:10 PM |