FLASH! From Liz Smith | 10/30/2009 3:40 pm
LIZ SMITH FLASH! A Question From National Review
Here we present a religious question from the opinion and editorial pages of the National Review magazine. And it’s a very good one, I think.
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November issue of National Review: "We all know that Jihadists believe that pious Muslim males will be rewarded with 72 virgins in paradise. What will those virgins actually be like, though? Saudi cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Munajid has been telling us on Saudi Arabia’s Al-Majd TV. Main point: They will be white. Very white. ‘Allah said that the black-eyed virgins are beautiful white young women … whose skin is so delicate and bright that it causes confusion. They are like precious gems and pearls in their splendor, their clarity, their purity and their whiteness.’
"We (at the National Review) confess to some slight confusion ourselves. Is there a separate afterlife for pious but unwhite Muslim females? If not, where do their souls go? If so, what’s their reward? Perhaps we all get new bodies in paradise, with the gals guaranteed to get white ones. Another possibility is that Sheikh Muhammad al-Munajid is a gibbering lunatic.
"This is, after all, the man who last year issued a fatwa against Mickey Mouse, whom he described as "one of Satan’s soldiers.’"
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I just love fanatical religions, don’t you? They make so much sense.
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November issue of National Review: "We all know that Jihadists believe that pious Muslim males will be rewarded with 72 virgins in paradise. What will those virgins actually be like, though? Saudi cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Munajid has been telling us on Saudi Arabia’s Al-Majd TV. Main point: They will be white. Very white. ‘Allah said that the black-eyed virgins are beautiful white young women … whose skin is so delicate and bright that it causes confusion. They are like precious gems and pearls in their splendor, their clarity, their purity and their whiteness.’
"We (at the National Review) confess to some slight confusion ourselves. Is there a separate afterlife for pious but unwhite Muslim females? If not, where do their souls go? If so, what’s their reward? Perhaps we all get new bodies in paradise, with the gals guaranteed to get white ones. Another possibility is that Sheikh Muhammad al-Munajid is a gibbering lunatic.
"This is, after all, the man who last year issued a fatwa against Mickey Mouse, whom he described as "one of Satan’s soldiers.’"
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I just love fanatical religions, don’t you? They make so much sense.
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It is comforting to dismiss those who do not share your opinions as idiots, but not very enlightening.
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Sometimes idiots provide the basis to dismiss them.
they still flog women for having sex, they prolly have lotsa virgins
So let me get this right….
Lust on earth is an evil sin but lust in heaven is not only condoned but encouraged?
Oh, ha ha. Silly S A. WOMEN have to remain chaste. MEN get rewarded with sex with virgins. Oh, wait a minute… I am seeing a logistical problem here… ummmmm… the good Sheikh may have to get back to us on this.
True, we are all influenced by beliefs, but who would ever believe this whole "…kill 3,000 people and then collect your 72 virgins" story? Looks good in print, but it’s just a way of acknowledging the awfulness of killing others and whitewashing the deed with endless sex.
I know this is not your point, Liz, but in my humble opinion, the "white" part is just a word in the manufactured reward for a suicide that incorporates murder. I don’t think it has any more meaning than the number 72.
Elinor
Baby Snooks spanked by Liz Smith. Deservedly I suppose.
Nah. Mr. Wow has too many character flaws of his own to spank others. Well, sometimes I inflict a bit on idiots. But you definitely do not fall into that catagory.