I’m still angry about the executed Afghan woman. It’s
bugging me, not just for its own sake but for the sake of the principle
involved.
I happen to believe in the general Muslim attitude towards
dress and behaviour because it makes sense. It recognises, as I said in a
comment on an earlier post, the inherent difference in the biological
imperatives ordering the masculine and feminine roles in nature. What drives me
to distraction is what stupid men do with this attitude. They turn it into a
heartless and mindless dogma in which male superiority is presumed. They miss
the underpinning points of equality, balance and natural order. They think it
gives them the right to have dominion over women as well as animals. They use
it to justify a cruel, spiritually impoverished mindset that falls way short of
any heaven they foolishly think they have some right to attain.
And so I have feminists to the left of me and extreme male chauvinists
to the right. Neither are my kind of people, but at the moment I seem to be an
uneasy ally of the left.
2 comments:
I don't agree with religions governing any part of our lives, it takes away choice and allows one to follow blindly and abdicate responsibility.
My opinion is that, there's a lust for power in those who apply religious laws, who can argue with the "truths" of the Almighty? It's a bit of a sick "because I said so".
Reading this also brings the thought to my mind that many men are so afraid of the power of the feminine that they seek to destroy it.
I understand what you say about the inherent differences but I think dress codes compound this and creates a monster.
That was why I deliberately avoided the word 'code' and used 'attitude' instead.
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