In Egypt, a Muslim cleric by name of Sheik Mohammed Tantawi, plans to issue a fatwa. A fatwa is a Islamic religious ruling. While it does not have the force of law, it does function as a threat. He's issuing a fatwa against Muslim women who dare to wear the niqab in Egypt's schools. The niqab is a covering for the face.
The niqab, says the sheik, can lead to religious extremism and has nothing to do with Islam.
That fatwa decision prompted Egypt's Minister of Higher Education to forbid the wearing of the niqab in university residences.
But what about other Muslim clerics who issue fatwas against those who refuse to wear the niqab?
This stuff is all so confusing. And isn't it interesting that grownup, adult men and women, allow old men to tell them what the hell to wear based upon their reading of ancient scribblings by ignorant people in religious materials that were written before people realized that religion can be damn dangerous to one's overall health?
Why do people allow such a thing to happen?
Are they afraid of burning forever in hell? Do they fear they may miss out on Paradise? Are they so brainwashed in childhood that they can no longer think for themselves?
I think the Egyptian cleric's fatwa is probably a good thing. Why cover up the beautiful faces of these queens of the Nile?
But the whole notion that some old fart, sitting in the dark dungeon of medieval superstitional nonsense, has the "right" to tell other people how to dress or not dress is mind-boggling. And I'm not just talking about Muslims.
In Italy, in the political state known as the Vatican, sit other old farts, in their own dark dungeons of medieval stupidity, issuing their own "fatwas," which often relate to the sexual activities of their constituents, thereby mightily increasing unhappiness and disease around the planet.
Rise up you Muslims, Christians, and other degraded peoples! Your religious leaders have "authority" or "power" only because you give it to them. You do yourselves in! Tell them all to go to hell; think for yourselves! Nobody has the right to tell you what to believe, what to wear, how to vote, how to pray, or what to think about anything.
Disobey these cretinic servants of imaginary deities! Deny their authority and their power will quickly diminish and they will be in your hands to dispose of as you will! They create nothing but hate and discord. The fate of the world rests with you and your ability to think and reason for yourselves!
Wear whatever the hell you want to! Laugh at them when they tell you that you must pray or how you must pray. Howl in derision when they warn you that hell awaits if you disobey their fatwas!
Then go find your brothers and sisters who share a common humanity. Embrace. Say:
"Come, let us reason together. Let us live in peace. We no longer believe those who claim to have the word of God for the words they speak drive us apart and threaten the existence of our species!
"We will no longer listen to them. We will listen to our hearts. We will walk hand in hand toward a future that we create together for ourselves and for our children; a future that will have no place in it for black-robed clerics who claim authority over us; a future that glows with the promise of freedom and hope and peace."
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THEY THINK THE CLERICS SPEAK FOR God and cannot risk disobeying any, as they are ignorant. Don’t the Catholic style churches do a similar thing with some of their rules? The Pope is the conduit for God’s wishes, orders, desires etc. down to the faithful. In the Protestant faiths, the clerics represent the congregation and speak to God on their own behalf. In the Jewish tradition, each Jew has a covenant with God and can speak for him or herself. The Jew can argue with God and needs nothing between the individual and God. That is why Jews are responsible for all their deeds on earth. They will be judged by God based on their entire life, the good and the bad. Good deeds are a mandate and win no special points during one’s life. The theory is that you cannot buy forgiveness from God by words or last minute death statements. I think the Jews take more responsibility for their actions, if they really believe what they teach.
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