Isn't a politically incorrect truth better than a politically correct lie.
Allow me to start this rant off thus -- you know nothing of Islam. Not even a passing layman's understanding, but absolutely nothing at all.
The fact is, Muhammed really was a pervert if getting sexually excited by a 6 year old girl and marrying her when she is 9 is perverted.
The
fact is? No, no, no. The only sources that claim Muhammad married a nine year old were the Hadiths of
Sunni Islam. And there is a world of difference between the Hadiths and the Qur'an. The Hadiths, for instance, is not above criticism in Islam where the Qur'an is. A minority, but increasing, view of Imams and Islamic scholars question the validity of Hadiths traditionally held as canonical. And the liberal Qur'an-onlyists, openly doubt whether the Hadiths say anything accurate in them.
This is of course ignoring a host of cultural reasons why child marriage was common amongst Bedouins of the era. If you want to criticize their culture, fine. But laying the fault at the feet of Muhammad because he's a "pervert" isn't entirely accurate. Laying it at the feet of "Islam", and all Muslims by extension, doesn't even register as a valid criticism.
And beating your wife really is OK in Islam.
True, but not what you're thinking. There is actually a very interesting line of thought regarding this, and the majority view from Islamic scholars seems to be that it is acceptable to hit your wife but Muhammad repudiated doing anything more touching her, condemning anything that would leave marks or even cause pain. It seemed to be more of a symbolic gesture that your marriage is going into the toilet as the next step involved either the Muslim equivalent of a divorce lawyer or the Muslim equivalent of couple's therapy. I say step, because the verse commonly cited gives sort of a step-by-step guide for how you should deal with an "unruly" wife. Sexist, yes. But it doesn't go all beaty on the woman which is down-right progressive considering the times.
And for protesting some people who are Muslim and are starting a charity or whatever, that is how Muslims roll and these protestors know more about Islam than you do. Before 9-11-2001 collection boxes outside of grocery and department stores for Al Qaeda could be seen all over Egypt and other Muslim Countries. Al Qaeda was no different than the Salvation Army in those cultures. Taking care of the poor and supporting Jihad is one and the same thing.
Wooow...can I see a reliable source for this little doozy?
Just because the truth sucks, it is no exuse to wish it away or label the people who tell the truth as being bigots.
It's perfectly acceptable when their comments don't even have a basis in paranoid fantasy. The "and rape your children" tidbit you conveniently dropped after the wife-beating part oddly seems to be missing in the Qur'an and Hadiths. Which makes sense as I don't recall seeing anything in any of those which could be construed as pro-incestuous rape. Painting an entire religion as being incestuous rapists strikes...hell, everyone...as bigoted.
As does the line where this charming woman, whom I hope loses her job, spoke positively of the notion that the
religious individuals Muslims terrorists would be killed by Marines. Seeing as how she is protesting in Orange County and not an Al Qaeda stronghold somewhere in the Middle East, I'm left to thinking she meant the Muslims that were present there. And how else does one interpret the time honored "Go back home *aka, Brownistan*" shout as anything other than bigotry, I'd love to hear it.
I don't feel like pushing an argument with no clear moral answer as it is. 