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Prisoners of Sex
New York Times Magazine ^ | December 3, 2006 | NEGAR AZIMI

Posted on 12/06/2006 6:26:50 AM PST by presidio9

Mostafa Bakry has a knack for reinventing himself. He is an old-school Arab nationalist, newspaper editor and parliamentarian, and has managed to keep himself in the middle of the Egyptian political scene for almost two decades. He rails against decadence, against corruption — anything that can get the otherwise sleepy Egyptian public excited. This past July, he took on the issue of homosexuality, introducing a motion in Parliament calling for censorship of several scenes in a popular new film, “The Yacoubian Building,” and denouncing the racier parts of the movie as “spreading obscenity and debauchery.” One of the central characters in the story — a mosaic of downtown Cairo life complete with political intrigue, love triangles, the specter of extremism and more — is an affluent, dashing, Francophone newspaper editor who happens to be gay. He has an affair with a simple soldier from the countryside, and thus begins a tale of lust that ends in murder.

“It is a travesty,” Bakry told me not long ago when we met in the downtown Cairo office of his newspaper, Al Osboa (“The Week”). Shelves around his desk were stuffed with plaques, honorary degrees and dozens of gilt replicas of Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock. He fingered fancy prayer beads as he expounded in the way one would to an adoring crowd. “The American agenda is promoting the rights of homosexuals,” he said in Arabic. “I am not against freedom of expression, but this abnormal phenomenon should not be presented as natural. Even if it has roots here, it is rejected by society. And by Islam.”

In the end, 112 parliamentarians from across the political spectrum signed onto Bakry’s motion. The gesture, however, had little effect. By the beginning of September, the film was

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; submittedforreview

The Queen Boat 52 Top: Arriving in court in November 2001. They were arrested earlier that year at a disco. Above: Listening to the verdicts: 29 acquittals, 23 convictions for either the "practice of habitual debauchery," "contempt for religion" or both.

1 posted on 12/06/2006 6:26:51 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Sexuality of muslim men (this is from first hand observations):

1. "Men and boys are for pleasure and women are for (male) babies."
2. It is not homosexual activity if you are the "pitcher" or the one "penetrating."
3. Non-muslim women are all whores and prostitutes
4. Sex with non-muslim women doesn't count (as cheating) because they are infidels
5. If a muslim women is raped, it is her fault (she should have fought back harder)
6. It is OK to marry 13 year olds and have up to 4 wives. It is OK to divorce a wife once she gets too old and add a younger bride to your "stable"
7. It is OK to "marry" a muslim woman, have sex with her and them divorce her - it is called a "pleasure marriage"

This is their mindset. The quicker you understand this the better you will comprehend their bizarre behavior...


2 posted on 12/06/2006 6:33:00 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: presidio9
"One of the central characters...is an affluent, dashing, Francophone newspaper editor who happens to be gay."

One can't help noticing how the mind-numbingly boring groupthink of the Left continuously reveals itself. Do these people have a catechism? How else could they keep up with all the politically correct phrases and acceptable dogma???

They can't just say: "who is gay" (or homosexual).

It's a small point, but it's one of many ways that the groupthink consensus of the Left identifies itself and the mindless morons who make up the rank and file follow the leaders.

It's also a warning. These people have no intention of tolerating freedom of thought, freedom of speech, liberalism, diversity of ideas, and free discussion. If they had their way, everyone would be subjected to oppression and conformity, we would all have to memorize the catechism and learn the dogma.

3 posted on 12/06/2006 7:16:24 AM PST by Savage Beast ("Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.")
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4 posted on 12/06/2006 7:35:01 AM PST by presidio9 (Tagline Censored)
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To: Savage Beast
One can't help noticing how the mind-numbingly boring groupthink of the Left continuously reveals itself. Do these people have a catechism? How else could they keep up with all the politically correct phrases and acceptable dogma???

They can't just say: "who is gay" (or homosexual).

What's worse is the fact that in their world nobody "happens to be gay." The homosexual community has been very clear about the fact that their orafice obsession is their raison d'etre. Apparently, when you're gay, that's all you ever think about.

5 posted on 12/06/2006 7:35:05 AM PST by presidio9 (Tagline Censored)
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6 posted on 12/06/2006 10:10:44 AM PST by little jeremiah
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To: presidio9
“I am not against freedom of expression, but this abnormal phenomenon should not be presented as natural. Even if it has roots here, it is rejected by society. And by Islam.”



For the first time ever, I have found ONE thing I agree with Islam on!
7 posted on 12/06/2006 11:32:24 AM PST by gidget7 (Political Correctness is Marxism with a nose job)
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To: 2banana

Like I said, ONE thing. The rest, like the ones you posted, no.


8 posted on 12/06/2006 11:33:14 AM PST by gidget7 (Political Correctness is Marxism with a nose job)
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To: 2banana
1. "Men and boys are for pleasure and women are for (male) babies."

So men are for recreation and women are for re-creation?

9 posted on 12/06/2006 11:35:39 AM PST by Caesar Soze
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To: Caesar Soze
So men are for recreation and women are for re-creation?

Yep - boys too. Can tell you many a story in Afghanistan. And most muslim military units have pleasure boys/men that travel with them...

10 posted on 12/06/2006 11:49:38 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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