Posted on 02/16/2011 1:38:07 PM PST by James C. Bennett
Bilal Philips was once a guitar god. Now he is trying to convince Muslims that God doesn’t want them listening to guitars.
A Saudi-trained Canadian, Mr. Philips is among a small group of lecturers who preach against most forms of music — a controversial prohibition that surfaced in Manitoba recently, where a dozen Muslim families want to pull their children from music class.
“A heart filled with music won't have room for God’s words,” he writes in his book Contemporary Issues, which also defends child marriages, wife beating, polygamy and killing apostates while calling homosexuality “evil and dangerous.”
“Wind and stringed instruments have been banned because of their captivating power,” he continues. “Their notes and chords evoke strong emotional attachments. For many, music becomes a source of solace and hope instead of God. When they are down, music brings them up temporarily, like a drug. The Koran, the words of God filled with guidance, should play that role.”
In his book, he also says adult women are forbidden from singing “in order to keep the sensual atmosphere of the society at a minimum. Men are much more easily aroused than females as has been thoroughly documented by the clinical studies of Masters and Johnson.”
“The point is that if music were beneficial, then the musicians would demonstrate that benefit in their lives,” he says in a YouTube video.
“What you see instead is that some of the most corrupt elements of society are found among the musicians. The drugs, the deviations and homosexuality, these type of things and all the corruption that’s there, people committing suicide,” he says. “The reality is that it in fact does carry an evil, dark side which produces that type of corruption amongst themselves and, in the end, ends up corrupting elements of the society.”
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They love goats. They find many uses for them. ; /
Thank you for the ping Lucy.
Assume nothing and everything. I’m against homosexual marriage. I’m in favor of legalizing drugs. And I’m a recovering alcoholic and addict. In nearly one hundred years of drug prohibition, prohibition has done nothing to stop the flow of drugs, if anything it’s made it worse. Ever wonder why kids can get drugs? Because drug dealer don’t ask for I.D. Please spare the ‘’would you legalize murder’’ routine , murder isn’t a commodity, drugs are. When you have problems concerning money, you get control of the money. That’s what criminals are doing with the drug trade. The drug war is Americas longest war. Is there an end in sight? And if not now, when? Pornography? Please, that’s as old as humanity. Anyone can access it on line, the inter-net is swimming in it. By my own choice I don’t view it. You want to talk porno? How about ‘’The Sopranos’’? Or ‘’Real Housewives’’? I’m against abortion, except in case’s of rape and incest. And I used to be in support of abortion on demand because I used to be a liberal. And please ‘’persevero’’, I’d suggest you refrain from using ‘’we’’ so much, I’m not alone here in some of my opinions.
Cat Stevens: Surprise Performance at Rally
“The artist was coaxed into playing alongside Heavy metal rocker, Ozzy Osbourne, by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
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Yes, goats are simple incarations of the 72 Virginians.
Freaks indeed. Mutants, creatures who have surrendered their humanity to a death cult. Great music is one of the absolute highest states of the human condition.
This person makes me want to blast the Halleluiah Chorus lout enough to burst his eardrums.
Ya, well, the 9/11 hijackers went to strip clubs and got smashed, so we know how faithful the faithful are...
You need to read the FR statement. This is not a Libertarian site.
To wit:
“As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty.”
As I said I’m not alone in my sentiments and I’m not a Libertarian and don’t label me one, thank you.
“Radical islam is real, honest islam. Moderate islam is the Trojan Horse.”
Wow. That’s it in a nutshell. I’d like to use this giving you credit.
Radical Islam is an insane murder cult; moderate Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.
Thank you Travis, and I applaud your prescience.
Aw, shucks. (Blushing.)
I didn’t label you a Libertarian. I said,
“This is not a Libertarian site.”
Your views regarding pornography and drugs are the Libertarian position, however.
No less a conservative then the late William F. Buckley, George Shultz and Caspar Weinbereger held the same views on drugs as I do. Would you presume to call them Libertarian? And I’ll thank you NOT to call me a Libertarian ever again!
Uh,speaking as a woman, it does not always take much to get us going,either.
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