21st century Islam

[Badger]

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/03/20/967002-sun.html

I wonder how long it'll take to get these people out of the middle ages. This backward thought process scares me. And I realize it's not just islam.

 

[sophia8]

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/03/20/967002-sun.html

I wonder how long it'll take to get these people out of the middle ages. This backward thought process scares me. And I realize it's not just islam.

You're right. It's not just Islam. Wasn't there exactly the same reaction within Judaism a couple of decades ago, when Liberal Jewish synagogues starting having women rabbis? And how about the ongoing reaction of certain sections of the Church of England to the idea of women priests? And ask a Catholic archbishop about the chances of the Vatican approving women RC priests....

 

[clk]

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/03/20/967002-sun.html

I wonder how long it'll take to get these people out of the middle ages. This backward thought process scares me. And I realize it's not just islam.

Not really surprising. I'm surprised that the Mullahs in the Middle East didn't issue a Fatwah against her.