Saturday, November 15, 2008

Canadian Mosque Says "No Offense Intended"

I sure the imam there didn't intend any offense. On the contrary, he's just teaching what he thinks Allah wants him to teach. He's callin' 'em like he sees 'em, then the mosque's web site is scrubbed clean of the material in question.

From this source:
Canada mosque criticized for Western, Jewish slurs

DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)

A Canadian mosque that has asked workplaces to accept a strict dress code for Muslim women is now under criticism for publicizing slurs against Jews and western societies as well as warning members against integration, Canadian paper the Star reported.

The Khalid Bin al-Walid Mosque has served as the religious authority for eight Somali women who filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against the delivery service UPS claiming that the company dress code violated their religious freedom.

The Toronto mosque, founded in 1990, serves about 10,000 people and is known for preaching strict adherence to Islamic Sharia law.

The mosque website refers to non-Muslim Westerners as "wicked", "corrupt" and "our clear enemies."

The website's Questions and Answer section where Muslims can ask, which allows Muslims to ask questions regarding their religion but has come under attack recently for some of the replies, according to the Star.

"Is it permissible for women to wear high heeled-shoes?" one reader asked, to which the reply was no. "It involves resembling the Disbelieving Women or the wicked women. It has its origin among the Jewish women," read the explanation.

The site reportedly went on to say that once (a Muslim woman) becomes introduced to the wickedness of Western ideology and concepts ... (she) becomes fixated on trying to appear and act like her "role models" of corruption....

[...]

The Q and A section was no longer available on the site at the time of publication and several attempts by AlArabiya.net to reach representatives of the mosque for clarification were unsuccessful.
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Hmmmm....The web site was changed. Now, where have I heard THAT before?

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