A good fake Muslima
Here is a German woman who has married a Saudi, converted to Islam and moved to Saudi Arabia:A good fake Muslima
As long as I can think back I was an agnostic, Russelian sense. My parents were atheists and my father made quite sure I wouldn't fall for any religious sermons at school. And I didn't become a Muslima because I suddenly became religious or wanted to be pious. Actually, I only became a Muslima because my husband asked me to. His family insisted on it, and while he wasn't willing to demand it from me he made quite sure that he would love me to convert. He had been a rebel all his life and he was tired of it. He wanted to go home, settle down and live in peace with his family after all the fights he gave them during his younger years. The older he became the more did Islam mean to him.
I hadn't problems respecting Islam. Unlike Christianity it doesn't come along with a shameful history and more skeletons in the cellar than the human mind can imagine. It might have had its fair share of idiots and culprits marching over dead bodies in order to conquer new grounds but compared to Christianity their numbers were small. Throughout centuries, Islam presented itself as an enlightened and rather peaceful religion. Arts and science blossomed. Just compare Muslim Spain to medieval Europe, or think of the tolerance Islam used to have for other 'people of the book'. Both Christians and Jews could live in an Islamic surrounding without getting harmed. They were demanded not to spread their religion around, and they had to pay a special tax. Compared to the Christian habit of burning this was of course barbaric. As my husband once pointed out, if America would have been conquered by Arabs the natives would nowadays run around in thobes and go to the mosque at friday. Unfortunatley for them they were conquered by good Christians which is why they are more or less extinct except for a few miserable remains in socalled 'reservations'.
posted by Unknown @ 6:08 PM
8 Comments:
"The dress code was new to me but rarely something religious. As said in a previous post, wearing the abaya is more a tradition than anything else, and when it comes to the rest of my wardrobe I never have been fashionable, anyway"
Where to begin fisking. oh where to begin?
"Throughout centuries, Islam presented itself as an enlightened and rather peaceful religion"
Nothing incorrect here, Islam has presented itself this way. Too bad it's all taquiya.
"The reason for the hatred of Jews in the Arab world is, of course, Israel. Considering the history of this state the animosity is well understandable, no one with a minimum of ethics left can possibly applaud Israeli politics."
Nothing like a thorough understanding of Middle East politics. She previously appologized for the German genocide of Jews - gee anyone wonder why they may want their own state.
"Running around on a Saudi street without the abaya is something akin to visiting the Cologne philharmony in your nightie, I guess I would be ashamed of doing either one."
No comment necessary.
"Well, so much fuss about the abaya when it is just a dress, more a traditional dress but a religious one. Sure one can complain about the fact that women in Saudi are obliged to wear it when outside, but what makes it so hard to just accept it"
"One thing that always strikes me is watching women when flying out of Saudi Arabia. The plane has scarcely left the ground and everybody hops up to get rid of their outer wear."
Damn, she even fisks herself.
It never ceases to amaze me. She has bought this Islamic version of history lock, stock and barrel. I am amaxed at women who marry a Muslim and just submit.
It's something I just cannot understand nor anyone I socialize with. We are so independent and individualistic, it just amazes to hear this.
BTW - if anyone wishes to read a counterpoint, I would suggest "Inside the Kingdom" by Carmen Bin Ladin. She married one of Osama's half brothers.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446577081/104-5086722-8545550?v=glance
Ignorance knows no bounds!
I wonder if she also changed her name to Sharmouta, and if she gets along with his younger, betterlooking second wife...er, first cousin....
The Kaffir:
Re: Indian warfare. You are correct - indeed it was the Iroquois who wiped out the Hurons to a person (a genocide). The Hurons, who were allied with the French, were already weakened by disease (influenza and/or smallpox) and were wiped out at their settlement near Georgian Bay.
When Cortes finally attacked Tenochtitlan (the Aztec capital), he required the assistance of his allies from Tlaxcala:
"Following this defeat, the Tlaxcalan lords decided to welcome Cortés to their territory, hoping to enlist the fierce Spaniards in their bitter struggle with Montezuma. The rest is history. Cortés and his men went on to subdue the powerful Aztec empire a stunning feat he accomplished only with the support and guidance of his Tlaxcalan allies."
http://www.colonial-mexico.com/PueblaTlaxcala/ahuahua.html
Historically Islam has adopted a tolerant approach to certain herbal substances that I believe this lady may have been smoking..
Teratism, Tcobb is right about a lot of Americans having Native American ancestors. It's extremely common in the Southeast. My dad has been working on the genealogy of my family, and he’s found six Native Americans so far. There was a lot of inter-marriage between early settlers and the local Indians. By the 1840s close to half of the members of the Cherokee tribe in Georgia were mixed race.
Also, this isn't the first time I have heard a German say something like the lady in the post did. I've noticed some Germans like to harp on the "mistreatment of Native Americans," especially when someone brings up the holocaust. I think it’s a way for Germans to deflect criticism by trying to make Americans look just as guilty.
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