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| KuwaitŽs Salafis call voting for women a sin |
| 2009-05-06 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Kuwait's Islamist Salafi movement called Monday for a boycott of women candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections on the grounds that public offices are reserved only for men, sparking outrage from female candidates and activists. Voting for women is considered a sin, said Fuhaid al-Hailam, of the Islamic Salafi Alliance politburo, according to the Salafi's interpretation of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad to the effect that a nation will not prosper if a woman leads it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Not for those exquisite miniatures, Varmint Graick1360. I'm not sure, but I think those were a Golden Age behaviour, not a modern one. Khomeni, et al are punishment for the Shah encouraging women to go to university in miniskirts with uncovered hair -- at least that's what the et als claim. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-06 22:49 |
| #4 without divine punishment I think Khoumeini & his worshipers were the punishment. |
| Posted by: Varmint Graick1360 2009-05-06 16:30 |
| #3 Yes, but neither ancient nor modern Persians are Arabs, Anonymoose, so it's not fair to hold them to the same high standard. They were permitted to represent the human form and face in their exquisite little miniatures, too, which everyone knows is strictly forbidden; yet they went merrily drawing for several centuries, I do believe, without divine punishment. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-06 13:19 |
| #2 Interesting in that one of ancient Persia's top admirals was a woman. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-06 11:26 |
| #1 Voting for women is considered a sin And for all sins there's only one punishment in Islam... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-05-06 04:56 |