“When a man mounts another man, the throne of God shakes.” ~The Hadith.
(That sounds like a good motto for a Rainbow Church in San Francisco).
[Author's note: No, I'm not gay. Just pissed at the Muslims.]
On Nov. 24, a reporter named Adel Hussein was sentenced to six months in jail by a court in Irbil, Iraq. His crime was ‘indecency’. Of course, this is an Islamic court, so their definition of ‘indecency’ is, by default, absolutely bugshit insane.
Case in point: Adel Hussein.
Adel is a doctor and journalist for the Hawlati news service in Iraq. Being a doctor, Adel wrote articles about health. In 2007, he wrote an article about Sexual Health. Part of this article included a detailed description of the physical effects of homosexual sex, particularly anal sex. (One immediately questions the logic of sending someone to prison for anal sex. It’s rather akin to locking up an alcoholic in a liquor store.)
“There are no gays in Iran. We do not have this phenomenon.
I don’t know who has told you that we have.”
~ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Now, let there be no doubt here that Islam is unapologetic in it’s absolute, bigoted hatred of every gay or lesbian in existence. According to the faith, gays should all be killed in horrible, twisted, sexual ways that would lead the witnesses to wonder about the predilections of the executioners. But I digress…
The thing is, Adel isn’t even gay. He just mentioned the fact that gay men exist, and that there was a medical opinion to be had about the effects of anal sex. Within Islam, though, this is heresy. “Gay” does not exist. Homosexual acts exist, for which the person should be punished. But there is no such thing as a person who, for whatever reason, prefers to have sex exclusively with persons of their own gender. Apparently the Islamic cable providers failed to secure The Ellen DeGeneres Show for their audience.
So, Adel’s crime was basically reporting on the sexual health of gay men that do not exist. Anal sex does not exist. Hot, steamy, Turkish baths full of naked, single men exist, but are entirely platonic.
This would all just be humorous if it were not for the fact that an estimated 400 men have been executed for being gay in Iran alone. Hundreds more are whipped, beaten, and publicly disgraced every year. I have no misguided belief that Islam will get over themselves any time soon. I don’t believe they’re going to stop believing that they and only they have the power and divine right to lead the world. But, reading the story of Adel Hussein, I just wish they’d learn to get over themselves enough to allow people to at least talk about the reality we live in instead of the fantasy world their religion provides.
Fortunately, here in the West, we are allowed the freedoms that Adel and others lack. Here ya go… knock yourselves out on Adel’s behalf:
Written by Wm. Hopper, www.heathensguide.com.
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December 6, 2008 at 6:42 am |
Something I find most amusing: I’m ex-military, most of my friends are still in service, some have been deployed to the middle east. All have returned claiming that the entire middle east is gay. They mention something about man-sex Thursdays, when men will walk around hand in hand with other men, kissing, committing all sorts of deviant acts. Then on Friday they go and pray it away I guess. But every one I know who has gone over there has said all the men do this, but none will admit to being gay, they just happen to have sex with other men, because women are only for breeding. It’s crazy..
June 16, 2009 at 3:44 pm |
Let’s see… five years of universtiy in World Religions, hands-on study at mosques, synagogues, and churches. Years of study. Written a slew of books. And yet I apparently know nothing of religions.
December 30, 2008 at 8:42 pm |
heathensguide, first of all, you are confused b/w Islam and government. Secondly, you haven’t studied Islam are not able to view it from a objective point of view. Your are too bias and prejudice to do so for whatever reasons. And lastly, yes, Islam is unapologetic; but it happens to be most logical which is the reason that despite the reputation, the rate of people converting to Islam is the highest and it just keeps growing. Those people chose to study Islam rather than fall for what’s being fed to them. Maybe you should try it sometimes.
Sisyphus Fragment, I have heard of something like that but your friends are blowing it way out of proportion. Yes, there are gay people everywhere, even in the Middle East. My friend is from there and he told me. But what you are talking about exists in the most poor and remote areas. Trust me, if that was, those guys would have been dead by now. Homosexuality is very much abhored by the general Muslim population.
December 31, 2008 at 10:11 pm |
Haroon: Try again. I studied Islam under some of the most experienced and articulate professors/imams there are. (I did my university degree program in World Religions). Oddly enough, I got a snail mail letter today from someone who bitched at me because I am too soft when dealing with the Muslims.
You say I confuse Islam and politics. Islam has ALWAYS been politics from the time Mohamed left Taif to take over Medina. The edicts of the faith are designed to keep subservient, pliable minions for those who are in charge. The truth of it is in the name: ISLAM. It means “submission”. Supposedly submission to the will of Allah, but Allah’s “will” has always, always been in the hands of politicians. Currently we have Saudi Arabia (Sunni) and Iran (Shia), but before them it was the Ottoman Empire. Before that it was the Ummayeds, and before that there was the line of Caliphs, Abu Bakt, and Mohamed himself.
Islam is now and always has been a religion of politics and power. The stuff you may hear on a trip to the mosque on any given day is just the theological fluff. The real backbone of the faith is the power it instills in the leadership.
And yes, Islam is unforgiving. But so am I.
July 25, 2009 at 5:02 am |
Haroon,
To use the words “logical” and “Islam” in one sentence is hysterically funny – ‘Logic’ is completely incompatible with Islam – Islam is not founded upon the use of human reason but totally rejects reason and replaces it with fundamentalist spiritualisation and scriptural absolutism. It attracts converts from the lower levels of the uneducated masses, unlike the Roman Catholic Faith which continues to attract the best minds upon the earth because IT is founded upon reason and logic and NOT just faith alone.
As for homosexuallity, the sooner arabs and Iranians stop pretending they are a separate species to the rest of mankind the better – homosexuallity is a naturally occuring phenomenon of the animal kingdom, no different to ginger hair or blue eyes.
But to be frank, only a fool would accept that God asks we blindly and unthinkingly follow him. God gave us a brain and he expects us to use it…so become a Roman Catholic and join the biggest religion in the world. Islam is not the largest faith – it is TWO VERY DISCTINCT SECTS.
July 25, 2009 at 7:02 am
You would make a fine Jesuit, but a poor Franciscan.
March 22, 2009 at 4:56 pm |
It looks like we’re not that free: the youtube video was removed to protect our fragile minds.
June 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
heathensguide, i’m very sorry to tell you that this is so far the most ignorant article i’ve ever read, and it is obvious that you have no background on the religion and you seem to be very biast. It is sad that there are people like u out there. I think you should consider getting to know more about the religion. Firstly islam does not allow you to hurt or judge anyone and yes there are rules against gays however if you take a look into all religions such as christianity and jewdism you will know that they all against same sex sexual acts. Secondly you should not judge the middle east without actually learning or visiting the place and yes of course there is going to be a huge amount of gay people just like any other country, gay people exist all over the world due to medical reasons or sometimes for own personal reasons. For next time please try to look at something from a neutral perspective instead of finding ways to attack it and try to have more respect to what other people believe in because if you really research islam without looking at the extremes you will find that it is peaceful like any other religions.