Iraq hates tennis: Mission Accomplished!

[GePap]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Go Islam !

From OP article:

Sunni cleric Eid al-Zoubayi denounced the attack.

"Islamic religion is an easy religion and it allows wearing sport shorts as long as they don't show the forbidden parts of the body, so the acts that are targeting the sport are criminal," he said.

Go prejudice!

[Kuciwalker]

That statement doesn't really make Islam seem much better...

[GePap]

So what if a religion bans wearing some clothing? Orthodox members of any of thye monotheistic religions limit what people can wear. Walk around an orthodox jewish neighborhood. I would not condemn them for having rules about what men and women can wear in regards to modesty.
Why would I judge Islam?

What is wrong is shooting people over it.

[Kuciwalker]

So what if a religion bans wearing some clothing?

And condones killing people who violate the ban?

The cleric's objection was "they weren't showing enough to kill them."

[Zevico]

Gepap is correct. Jews, Christians, and Muslims are all conservative in this respect. As far as I know sex is removed from my head when watching female tennis. That's why I mostly don't watch it anyway, because they're usually way more boring than the guys. Same with all the other sports, though running and the like is equally boring regardless of gender in my case. Maybe it's a matter of context. Sportswomen may wear "revealing" (or whatever) clothing, but because it's sport no one actually cares.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

So what if a religion bans wearing some clothing?

And condones killing people who violate the ban?

The BIble condones stonning people for mouthing off to their parents.

The question is one of interpretation, not source material.

[MRT144]

the practical application today and the literal word in the bible are not the same. why is it though that there isnt this disconnect in islam?

[Barnabas]

Didnt Jesus and company pretty much said that dietary laws and punishments from the leviticus (the law) no longer had to be followed?

Maybe that is why...... imagine there is a rolls eyes emoticon here

Funny how christians are always accused for something their "leader" "abrogated".

Maybe it makes sense in the USA since you have so many judeophile protestant setcs there.

[GePap]

Originally posted by MRT144
the practical application today and the literal word in the bible are not the same. why is it though that there isnt this disconnect in islam?

Because Christianity makes a distinction between temporal and divine power that Islam does not make. That and the fact that pre-Christian ideas from the Classical world made a much greater impact in Europe than accross the Med.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by GePap
The BIble condones stonning people for mouthing off to their parents.

The question is one of interpretation, not source material.

Duh.

The prevailing interpretation in the Muslim world is, "it's okay to stone people for wearing the wrong clothes." The cleric you cited just was more permissive re: what clothes are acceptable than others.