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| New Islamic ruling on singing stirs debate |
| 2010-09-19 |
| [Al Arabiya] A religious ruling by the president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, Dr. Yousef al-Qardhawi, permitting the singing of females stirred debate within Islamic religious circles where playing music and singing were perceived for long as forbidden by the Shariah law, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported. Some Muslim scholars criticized Dr. Qaradhawi's fatwa saying that singing is forbidden and not only for women but for men as well, citing the music's effect on emotions and its potential to lead to what is perceived as sin. Dr. Abd al-Fatah Idris, an Islamic scholar from Egypt's Al-Azhar university, said "As a general rule, women's singing is forbidden, but there is no evidence that shows women cannot allow men to hear their voice while singing." But Idris acknowledged that during the prophet's era a woman called Zainab used to sing for other women in weddings. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Couple of centuries? Mohammedan society, if you exclude the Western influence, is closer to the Old Testament in character. In other words, Bronze Age Caanan, 3000 years ago. They're still worshiping Abraham's footprint outside the Kaaba, and who knows what inside. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-09-19 18:46 |
| #6 Here's a free clue, assholes: the people responsible for curbing your lustful desires is YOU. Start working on that, and you'll take a giant leap forward by a couple of centuries. you're being unreasonable...Infidel! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-19 15:58 |
| #5 "But in both camps women are advised to observe certain Islamic legal conditions and to restrain 'lustful desires.'" What they're saying is that the women are responsible for preventing men's lustful desires (since we all know they don't give a rat's ass about women's lustful desires, or even think women might have some). Here's a free clue, assholes: the people responsible for curbing your lustful desires is YOU. Start working on that, and you'll take a giant leap forward by a couple of centuries. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-19 15:45 |
| #4 heh, that clip's a beauty. sounds like a cat in heat with convulsions - that takes talent, I'm told |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-19 14:10 |
| #3 Heh. Yoko. Ya could've been a hero, Chapman, if you aimed a coupla feet to the right... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-19 14:03 |
| #2 I would hope he would keep an exclusion for Yoko Ono |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-19 12:56 |
| #1 Ummm, Isn't the call to prayer from the Minaret singing? If not, it sounds suspiciously like it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-09-19 11:07 |