Posts by Justitia Themis

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

Nope. It is an example of fundamentalism in action. Like some on this board, those men with the guns are not spacious inside.

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JW encounter

by donny in

jw
friends

this is an update to this thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/195184/1/do-jws-now-avoid-live-persons-they-meet-in-the-field.

this morning i was on my usual stroll from 10:00 am to 11:00 am and i again saw the jw's out placing flyers on doors advertising the upcoming district convention.

"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

Thank you for your pictures B-rock. It provides a great teaching moment regarding religious bigotry. Take for example your picture of the "child brides."

That picture was taken by Tim Marshall, an American, who attended the event. It was a day for little girls in Gaza to play dress-up. The reporter was distraught at the misinformation and Islamaphobia that erupted as a result of the photograph. Here is an excerpt from what he wrote:

http://blogs.news.sky.com/foreignmatters/Post:dcc9d723-8046-4857-b618-5c1135ba6417

"It never struck me for a moment that the little girls might later be described in the bloggersphere as the brides! How naive I am.

Dozens, and I mean dozens, of websites took the video of the event and wrote lurid stories about Hamas mass paedophilia with headlines about '450 child brides', and endless copy about how disgusting this was, how it showed how depraved Islam is, et al, ad infinitum. Site after site jumped on the story, linking from one totally wrong load of rubbish to the next . I'll give credit to Tundra Tabloids who at least took down the video, but most sites just ploughed on regardless.

I spent a few hours visiting websites and leaving comments where I could. To little avail. Instead I received a steady stream of vitriol. The best response was on a site run by a Debbie Schlussel . The guy who posted it said he wasn't interested in the detail. The detail being the fact that the girls weren't the brides."

Sufi poets especially promote working on our inner "spaciousness" akin to the Bible's "widening out." I appreciate this quote from Jamal Rahman in Out of Darkness, Into Light, "It is a well-known fact that in any religion we focus on some scriptural verses but not others, and the way we interpret them is a function of our intention and our personal evolution. The spaciousness with which we regard our fellow beings and their beliefs is a reflection of our inner spaciousness." Then he quotes the Quran, "O humankind! We created you out of male and female and made you into nations and tribes that you might come to know one another." (40:13). He continues on to comment that the operative point of the verse is to focus on getting to know one another on a "personal basis, especially those with whom we have diffferences." (p. 65).

"The idea is simple, but its implementation requires the exertion [jihad] of our entire being."

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

it is up to US to be critical and the NT tells us that 'Test all that you are taught".

PSacto...I must ask, and I am not trying to be rude, but what do you know about Islam? Before writing your comment, did you perform even a Google search of personal responsibility in Islam? Or did you just assume the Bible advises it but Islam does not?

Even if the religious judge advises you about worldly affairs, first consult your heart. (hadith).

In addition, if you are interested, you might want to research the modern rise in ijtihad.

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

The difference Justita is that Islam is still practicing this crap

Yep, in some places. And Muslims, such as those who are participating in the outreach that is the core topic of this thread, are those who are well along the path to combining Islam with modernity. The travesty is that they are so far behind now because of the political destablization the U.S. (and France and Britain) caused in the region which lead to the rise in fundamentalism., the religious sub-culture of last resort. Unfortunately, not only are WE reaping what we sowed, but many innocent persons are reaping what the did NOT sow. It's going to take years to fix it...lots of money...many lives. :(

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

Womanly intuition.

Syl

You know...my womanly intuition always led me to believe there was a little something more there than just the platonic stuff...:) In fact, it sent my gaydar into overdrive!!! ;)

...no way of knowing for sure of course...just ruminations...

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.

Justitia Themis

Now, King David may have liked his women, but there is absolutely no indication that he was a pedophile.

Syl

Sorry Syl...I think that depends on how one defines a pedophile. I was one of those studious JWs that not only studied the assigned material but was constantly researching my own. I used chronology to establish that David was in his early 50s when he "sinned" (raped) Bathsheba. Threre was a Watchtower study article about 5 years ago that admitted his age. I remember it distinctly because it had a large picture of his at the front of the article that accurately reflected his age. I thought it interesting that they did not put a corresponding age-accurate picture of Bathsheba. :)

Bathsheba was a newly married woman (less than a year). During that time, girls were married when they started menstruating, meaning she was probably 13-14 years old.

So...David in his 50s...Bathsheba raped in her early teens... Now, with all that 'said,' I don't consider David a true pedophile, because that was the common custom them. In like manner, I don't consider Muhammed a true pedophile because he married a young teenager. ...NO NEED for someone to post that Aisha was about 8 when they 'married.' It is well documented that the marriage was not consumated until she was of the appropriate age.

As for the issues in the Bible not being relevant to a discussion about Muslims...I disagree with that too. There is plenty of deviancy in Christian and Muslims writings, and there is plenty in both holy books to offend our present-day sensibilities.

Logic demands that if one is going to dismiss Islam based upon those deficiencies, then one must dismiss Christianity based upon those same deficiencies. Indeed, that is why there is a growing number of agnostics/athiests. :)

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"Inspired by Muhammad" Campaign

by leavingwt in

in london, the exploring islam founation has launched a new ad campaign.. .

the inspired by muhammad campaign is designed to improve the public understanding of islam and muslims.

it showcases britons demonstrating how muhammad inspires them to contribute to society, with a focus on womens rights, social justice and the environment.