Posted on 09/19/2006 11:23:43 AM PDT by mathprof
So heres the thing about speed dating for Muslims.
Many American Muslims or at least those bent on maintaining certain conservative traditions equate anything labeled dating with hellfire, no matter how short a time is involved. Hence the wildly popular speed dating sessions at the largest annual Muslim conference in North America were given an entirely more respectable label. They were called the matrimonial banquet.
If we called it speed dating, it will end up with real dating, said Shamshad Hussain, one of the organizers, grimacing.
Both the banquet earlier this month and various related seminars underscored the difficulty that some American Muslim families face in grappling with an issue on which many prefer not to assimilate. One seminar, called Dating, promised attendees helpful hints for Muslim families struggling to save their children from it.
The couple of hundred people attending the dating seminar burst out laughing when Imam Muhamed Magid of the Adams Center, a collective of seven mosques in Virginia, summed up the basic instructions that Muslim American parents give their adolescent children, particularly males: Dont talk to the Muslim girls, ever, but you are going to marry them. As for the non-Muslim girls, talk to them, but dont ever bring one home.
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Yasmeen Qadri, suggested that Muslim mothers across the continent band together in an organization called Mothers Against Dating, modeled on Mothers Against Drunk Driving. If the term arranged marriage is too distasteful to the next generation, she said, then perhaps the practice could be Americanized simply by renaming it assisted marriage, just like assisted living for the elderly.
In the United States we can play with words however we want, but we are not trying to set aside our cultural values, said Mrs. Qadri, a professor of education.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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This from last week Pleasure Marriages in Sunni and Shi'ite Islam
From what I understand, according to LIEberal DOGMA mutual masterbation is GOOD and MusSCUMS here wouldn't be able to call it dating.
And here's a pic of the Prophet Mohammad's intended preparing for her wedding night...
"We can call it whatever we like, as long as we are still devoted to the unquestioning service of Satan/Allah."
Wow Thanks and bookmark for later reading
If you are interested do a search for UK honor killing. There's been several cases where the daughter "went home" but it turned out she was killled due to the partriarchal "culture" of honor killing.
Apparently cases have been uncovered in Germany among other places in Europe. If you date a Muslm girl, her family will disapprove and her life can be in danger.
Control is a very important aspect of this superior "culture" over how the female sex organs condut themselves.
We've had conversations over the tattoo issue, i.e. the cons and the pros. As long as we are supporting her, our edict is no tattoos. Once she's on her own, let's just say we're praying that she will be wiser.
You said: "I can't tell you how disgusting this is to me. muslims view infidels as less than human,"
Well let's stand back here a little bit. St. Paul warned his flock, "do not be yoked to an unbeliever." For a long times Catholics were discouraged from marrying Protestants. And Protestants did not want to marry any one who was not also a WASP. All that is behind us now and good riddance. But we Christians were the same way once.
Me too.
"But we Christians were the same way once."
You know, I go over to the DU and read what those idiots have to say about things. Your post fits beautifully with what they say. But even over at the DU, a few of them had the sense to argue that that was in the past. To equate muslims of today with Christians of 600 years ago yeilds what positive result?
We once lived in caves, ate raw meat, didn't sanitize properly... etc. So, all those things we once did, we should approve because our ancestors once did that?!
I don't know a single Christian who, in my entire lifetime, was told to marry exclusively in their faith. I don't know of a single Christian who, in my lifetime, that was told that if he or she left the faith, they'd be apostate and be killed. I don't know a single Christian woman who was killed as an honor killing for seeing a non-Christian.
It's not like we can ignore them and let them live their lifestyle how they see fit. They want to change our lifestyle. They want sharia law, they want our country, they want to kill or convert us. Stop making excuses for these animals. Call them on their behavior. If they can't exist in the 21st century, let's help them to cease to exist.
These Muslims are:
Moral savages. Barbarians. Primitives.
We `infidels' must fight them unto the gates of Hell!
):^(
These Muslims are:
Moral savages. Barbarians. Primitives.
We `infidels' must fight them unto the gates of Hell!
):^(
I can't tell you how disgusting this is to me. muslims view infidels as less than human, so it's ok for their sons to do anything they want with infidel women, as long as they don't bring one home.
Well, unfortunately, I just learned today that my lovely, smart, 30 year old niece is pregnant to a muslim. I guess they are planning marriage. I am sick! The naive idiot doesn't know what she's in for! Keep her in your prayers, please.
Actually, on second thought, I guess "smart" doesn't really describe her. :-(
The article above is not about bloodthirsty terrorists trying to kill people. It is a about Muslim parents trying to figure out how to help their kids find a Msulim spouse. I am a Christian and I try not start spewing venom every time I see the word Muslim.
And the example I sited about Christians was not 600 years ago. I remember well when Catholics were discouraged from "mixed marriages" with Protestants, it was in my lifetime. I have been to the Smithsonian and seen posters from the late 1800's where there was panic about Catholics immigrating to America and establishing "pope worship." But that did not happen did it? We don't know what will happen with the Muslims but it behooves us all to cool off every now and then. We should try to detach ourselves from our fears and look at situations that turned out better than we expected them to. We need to be vigilant but we also need to avoid letting our fears get the best of us.
I hope this doesn't give Chuck Barris any ideas about a "Muslim Dating Game."
Sadly there are plenty of 'infidel' women who will service these guys.
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