Entries Tagged as 'Islam'

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Chechen chief’s plan to curb prostitution? Polygamy

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said yesterday that Russian Muslims should be able to take multiple wives – we’re assuming he was talking about the men. The women don’t seem to have much say.
Kadyrov’s reasoning: When men have multiple wives they’re less likely to cheat and prostitution decreases.
“That’s a tradition we’ve always had. God allows Muslims to do [...]

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Terror down below: Sex therapist says underwear bomber’s rants come from his pants

Sex therapist Dr. Susan Block believes that “crotch bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s sexual frustration was instrumental in his attempt to blow up his organ. 
“He’s a typical, horny, young male virgin attempting to follow religious strictures that don’t allow him to release his juices,” Block said. “It made him hate his genitalia. If he can’t have pleasure, then [...]

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

In Indonesia, don’t even THINK about stripping

In Indonesia, it seems, you can be prosecuted for getting ready to take off your clothes.
According to IFP, Indonesian authorities will prosecute four exotic dancers arrested at clubs near Jakarta on New Year’s Eve for allegedly violating a new anti-pornography law pushed through parliament by conservative Muslims.
The female dancers and two male club managers were [...]

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

A good age for girls to marry? Saudi Sheikh thinks 10

Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti (aka senior cleric), told Al Hayat newspaper that Saudi human rights groups  pushing the government to put an end to marriages involving ten-year-old girls are being “‘unfair.”
To the girls.
It seems a somewhat popular tradition in the country for fathers to marry their pre-teen daughters off for money to [...]

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Iranian cleric enters 21st century with own Internet sex scandal

In America, we’re accustomed to our political leaders and religious leaders being sexual hypocrites.
In Iran, where the religious leaders often are the political leaders, it’s a new experience.
But thanks to the Internet, they sure are getting into it.
As reported in the New York Post, the most popular video in Iran, according to Balatarin.com (the Iranian Digg.com) [...]