Re: Afghan Family Values

On 05/12/2011 23:01, John P wrote:
In article<OObDq.148402$WC5.52355@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, john.briggs4
@ntlworld.com says...
Whatever underlies it, it is to at least some extent a fundamental
tenet of Islam. It is absolutely alien to our western culture and
corrosive to our western societies.

That is best described as nonsense. The ancient Greeks had essentially
the same view of women. It is characteristic of primitive tribal
societies, and really nothing to do with Islam.

But modern Islam is still in its primitive tribal stage. That tends to
be the problem. It's still operating under 1st century thinking in a
21st century world.

No, it's not Islam which is in the primitive tribal stage, but its
adherents from primitive tribal countries.

OK. I should have said people in Islamic countries. But it's six of one,
half dozen of the other. The religion has not evolved along with modern
thought. It's still back in the days of Muhammad. Even Christianity has
evolved past the Spanish Inquisition. Not by much, but there is an
incremental difference.

You obviously have little knowledge of modern Sufism, do you?
--
John Briggs
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