Indonesian Muslims Furious Over Playboy (islamic sexual repression alert)

Islam Online ^ | 1/22/2006 | Staff

[Dark Skies]

The question remains..."if nudity is evil, must goats wear burkas?"

[RightWingAtheist]

The Indonesians have a lot of nerve complaining, since it's their country which gave us Laura "Black Emanuelle" Gemser.

[Bob J]

Nudity is the least of Indonesia's worries.

[TADSLOS]

Irfan Awwas, the chairman of the Indonesian Mujahedin Council, echoed a similar warning.

"It will be disastrous for Indonesia," he told AFP.

No, islam is disasterous for Indonesia. Besides, Indonesia has one of the highest population explosions on the planet. That ain't happenin' because of Playboy.

[dighton]

“Indonesia is not Europe or America, whose culture and reaction towards nudity are totally different than ours.”

Evidently.

[CBart95]

Better Question:

These reactions from the heart of child sex and child slavery?

[kanawa]

[M203M4]

I'm waiting for the "stopped clock" folks (claiming 'stopped clock' for Islamic fundaMENTALism for the millionth time).

[Savage Beast]

"The publication of Playboy as we know it will further destroy the nation's morality."

I believe in freedom of speech, but Irfan Awwas is absolutely correct. Playboy magazine had exactly that effect on the United States.

[Lorianne]

I think they are within their rights protesting Playboy. They should boycott the magazine and all who are affiliated with it in Indonesia as boycott is the most pure form of free speech.

[Arpege92]

LOL

[DogBarkTree]

Victoria's Secret is very popular in Indonesia

[Looking4Truth]

"Playboy simply has no place in our social norms and culture,"

I understand. In a culture that mutilates their women's genitals to keep them from having pleasure, kills female family members to keep the family 'honor', buggers little boys and kills members of other religions, there is simply no place for semi-revealing photos of beautiful nude women. /s

[Dark Skies]

I believe in freedom of speech, but Irfan Awwas is absolutely correct. Playboy magazine had exactly that effect on the United States.

I suggest the point is that islam's attempt to remove temptation from life creates repression in society. If islam instead taught the concept of overcoming temptation, it would encourage its adherents to assume responsibility for their actions and to develop the strength of character needed to overcome temptation.

Islam's dysfunctional system of blaming the temptation for evil is ultimately responsible for the concept of honor killings of rape victims and many other vile customs.

[sweetliberty]

Pornography, regardless of how it is being disguised, will only corrupt youth morals and bring catastrophes such as a rise in rape and sexual harassment," Muzadi warned.

Yes; it would just terrible if more defiled young women had to be murdered because they were raped by moral men who clearly had no choice. < /sarcasm >

[cloud8]

Here's Miss February.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Brings to mind recent comments by Salman Rushdie:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1560754/posts

[Dark Skies]

Here's a pic of Rushdie and his wife, Padma Lakshmi...

[wolfcreek]

The real problem is our women are very hairy and we do not wish to see them in the light of day.

[punster]

Big Deal! I think the television evangelists, in this country, are still ranting and raving about Playboy. Perhaps, the television evangelists want to hoard all the copies of Playboy for themselves.