** Quakes blamed on 'immodest women' **
A leading Iranian Islamic cleric has said women who wear revealing clothes are responsible for earthquakes.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/8631775.stm >
So I was just on the good ole BBC when I came across this gem: Quakes blammed on immodest women. Since we are having quakes here in Los Angeles I had to click on it. Read the article and I am beside myself. Why don't we have articles with headlines like: "Jackass Bastard Political and Religious Leaders Fuck up Entire Nation and World with Their Bullshit" That's more accurrate. And true.
If I didn't have to live down the shit that some Christian leaders say in America, I would like to think this particular colossal ignorance was confined to the Middle East. But its not. Apparently neither American jackasses like Jerry Falwell or this nutcase below have corned the market on stupidity.
Quakes blamed on 'immodest women'
Promiscuous women are responsible for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric has said.
Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi told worshippers in Tehran last Friday that they had to stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves.
"Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes," he said.
Tens of thousands of people have died in Iran earthquakes in the last decade.
Mr Sedighi was delivering a sermon on the need for a "general repentance" by Iranians.
"What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam's moral codes," he said.
'Disappoint God'
Young Iranians sometimes push the boundaries of how they can dress, showing hair under their headscarves or wearing tight fitting clothes.
Mr Sedighi also referred to violence following last year's elections, which occurred when thousands of - mostly young - Iranians protested against the result, as a "political earthquake".
"Now if a natural earthquake hits Tehran, no one will be able to confront such a calamity but God's power, only God's power. So lets not disappoint God."
More than 25,000 people died when a powerful earthquake hit the ancient town of Bam in 2003.
Seismologists have warned that the Iranian capital Tehran is situated on a large number of tectonic fault lines and could be hit by a devastating quake soon.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said many of Tehran's 12 million inhabitants should relocate.
There are plans to build a purpose built new capital near Qom.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/8631775.stm
Published: 2010/04/20 11:06:14 GMT
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
American Hero
Woke up this morning And I got myself a gun.
Remember that from the Soprano's? I often think in terms of song lyrics. It is a quirk of mine; to think of the best song that captures my emotions. I will often sing it rather than try to explain my feelings. Pretty much no one understands this. (lol) Everyone thinks I'm just crazy and sing way too much. Gradually, friends that see me daily, start to notice the relationship between the song or tune I'm singing and maybe how they might be feeling. Then they start to get it a little.
That song is on my mind because I awoke with a definate purpose. That doesn't happen alot. Mostly I awake and start to worry or just mindlessly go about my morning routine. But this morning, I woke up with my fire.
I got on the internet and decieded to cut and paste the contact information of Muslim groups and interfaith organizations located in the city of Los Angeles. You don't know this, but my primary obsession has been peace in the Middle East and America's war on terrorism. Most days, I spend sometime thinking about this subject on and off.
To what end? I am convinced that the way to combat terror or religous extermeism is through education: building privately funded schools open to all children, especially girls. After that, I realize that so few people are making a concerted effort to accomplish this goal.
http://www.roomtoread.org/ http://www.ikat.org/ and http://www.spiritofamerica.net/
You may not know this, but I do. There are literally hundreds of individual Americans working to build schools, libraries, and other educational facilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. But what gets to me is that they are not working together. And they are not promoting the idea that educational opportunities can transform lives the way I would like to see it done: i.e. as the only honest answer to extermist muslim terror groups.
Remember the Peace Corp? An organization founded by the President of the United States with the mission to do good work on an international scale. Remember CARE packages? CARE packages were sent to European families after WWII so that people wouldn't starve. The humble Care package solidified the international reputation that America has for doing humanitarian good. Where are the CARE packages to Iraq?
Why are we not empowered to work as a large-scale, grassroots, human rights movement to fight for peace, change, and equality? When are we going to start making friends and being friends to all the people that are left at the mercy of angry, power grabbers with an ax to grind?
Remember that from the Soprano's? I often think in terms of song lyrics. It is a quirk of mine; to think of the best song that captures my emotions. I will often sing it rather than try to explain my feelings. Pretty much no one understands this. (lol) Everyone thinks I'm just crazy and sing way too much. Gradually, friends that see me daily, start to notice the relationship between the song or tune I'm singing and maybe how they might be feeling. Then they start to get it a little.
That song is on my mind because I awoke with a definate purpose. That doesn't happen alot. Mostly I awake and start to worry or just mindlessly go about my morning routine. But this morning, I woke up with my fire.
I got on the internet and decieded to cut and paste the contact information of Muslim groups and interfaith organizations located in the city of Los Angeles. You don't know this, but my primary obsession has been peace in the Middle East and America's war on terrorism. Most days, I spend sometime thinking about this subject on and off.
To what end? I am convinced that the way to combat terror or religous extermeism is through education: building privately funded schools open to all children, especially girls. After that, I realize that so few people are making a concerted effort to accomplish this goal.
Links to American Individuals and Organizations doing humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Pakistan
http://www.roomtoread.org/ http://www.ikat.org/ and http://www.spiritofamerica.net/
You may not know this, but I do. There are literally hundreds of individual Americans working to build schools, libraries, and other educational facilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. But what gets to me is that they are not working together. And they are not promoting the idea that educational opportunities can transform lives the way I would like to see it done: i.e. as the only honest answer to extermist muslim terror groups.
Remember the Peace Corp? An organization founded by the President of the United States with the mission to do good work on an international scale. Remember CARE packages? CARE packages were sent to European families after WWII so that people wouldn't starve. The humble Care package solidified the international reputation that America has for doing humanitarian good. Where are the CARE packages to Iraq?
Why are we not empowered to work as a large-scale, grassroots, human rights movement to fight for peace, change, and equality? When are we going to start making friends and being friends to all the people that are left at the mercy of angry, power grabbers with an ax to grind?
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