Belgium authorities are getting worried by a series of school arsons believed to be connected to newly mandatory school sessions in some parts of the country.
No. Islam is not one single thing. The majority of those (some of whom don’t want Sex Ed in school) don’t like pedophilia either (I am not saying it is a good thing to not want Sex Ed, I think that’s stupid)
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And before anyone says anything, yes I understand this is part of Islamic history but it doesn’t mean the whole collective of Muslims are “okay” with it, or that these people are those, that would be insane.
No, it’s not part of Islamic history, it is part of Islamic theology.
Most Muslims are Sunni, and within Sunni Islam there are 4 schools of jurisprudence. All four of these schools have deemed it acceptable to marry a girl off as soon as she is born, and hand her over to her rapist when she turns 9 years old or bleeds.
While most Muslims are anti pedophilia, the Islamic sources and clerics are not. It is a huge problem where I’m from.
It’s part of both if we are going to be pedantic about it.
Also I don’t like to be the one to have to correct facts about Islam but no, it doesn’t work that way in Sunni Islam. Girls are deemed ready for marriage with physical + mental maturity (which is sadly marked often as when they hit their periods). In counties with Sunni Islam, age of consent and marriage are closer to the global average and pedophilia is outlawed. Yes, child marriage exists in these counties but it’s not usually anything any government is proud of or is not actively fighting.
I agree with the last paragraph, there certainly is a problem with Muslim clerics and lots of pedophilia is reported in these circles.
That being said, I don’t think this should ever excuse over generalization.
Edit: Islam already sucks, no need to exaggerate the literature to make it look “worse”. Muhammed married a 9 year old after all.
Nowhere did I say “All muslims are OK with marrying girls at 10 years of age”. In Western culture, not everybody wants to have a heterosexual relationship, a Christian wedding, get a kid(s), a house, a pet, and send the man off to work while the wife stays at home. It is the dominant culture however. Pointing out that it is a thing, isn’t judgement on every single person in every single Western country worldwide.
I was pointing out hypocrisy. No need to get your panties in a bunch because in this case it involved somebody who you consider not to be in power. They are human, they can be hypocrites too. Doesn’t matter if they’re a minority in their country.
Yep, errr, I didn’t mean that you said that, but I think the person whom I originally responded to did. Thought that was clear from my comment. I also don’t think it’s fair to be judging Muslims by the teachings that are controversial among them and the rest of the world is unfair and it draws stereotypes as conclusion, potentially leading to more harm.
In Muslim countries, by the standards of the majortiy of Muslims, people don’t think Mohammed married a 9 year old or don’t think about it or simply believe the version that says she was 18 anyway, and almost no one would support laws that make the lives of pedophiles easier, the AVERAGE Muslim is horrified at anything involving sexually assaulting a minor. Islam is an umbrella term for a lot of things, but if we are going to judge Islam by how the followers interpret it (rather than the clericsd) to better understand their position and effect on this on society, the landscape changes. There are so many problematic aspects about Islam and Muslims but it doesn’t help to misrepresent them. If we really want to win this dumb culture war or religious war or identity war or whatever it is and help others, we need to do better.
No. Islam is not one single thing. The majority of those (some of whom don’t want Sex Ed in school) don’t like pedophilia either (I am not saying it is a good thing to not want Sex Ed, I think that’s stupid) __ And before anyone says anything, yes I understand this is part of Islamic history but it doesn’t mean the whole collective of Muslims are “okay” with it, or that these people are those, that would be insane.
Edit: made my pov clearer
No, it’s not part of Islamic history, it is part of Islamic theology.
Most Muslims are Sunni, and within Sunni Islam there are 4 schools of jurisprudence. All four of these schools have deemed it acceptable to marry a girl off as soon as she is born, and hand her over to her rapist when she turns 9 years old or bleeds.
While most Muslims are anti pedophilia, the Islamic sources and clerics are not. It is a huge problem where I’m from.
Okay but the answer to the main question in that comment is no, these are not the same people and it’s not easy to tell unless they explicitly say so
It’s part of both if we are going to be pedantic about it.
Also I don’t like to be the one to have to correct facts about Islam but no, it doesn’t work that way in Sunni Islam. Girls are deemed ready for marriage with physical + mental maturity (which is sadly marked often as when they hit their periods). In counties with Sunni Islam, age of consent and marriage are closer to the global average and pedophilia is outlawed. Yes, child marriage exists in these counties but it’s not usually anything any government is proud of or is not actively fighting.
I agree with the last paragraph, there certainly is a problem with Muslim clerics and lots of pedophilia is reported in these circles.
That being said, I don’t think this should ever excuse over generalization.
Edit: Islam already sucks, no need to exaggerate the literature to make it look “worse”. Muhammed married a 9 year old after all.
Nowhere did I say “All muslims are OK with marrying girls at 10 years of age”. In Western culture, not everybody wants to have a heterosexual relationship, a Christian wedding, get a kid(s), a house, a pet, and send the man off to work while the wife stays at home. It is the dominant culture however. Pointing out that it is a thing, isn’t judgement on every single person in every single Western country worldwide.
I was pointing out hypocrisy. No need to get your panties in a bunch because in this case it involved somebody who you consider not to be in power. They are human, they can be hypocrites too. Doesn’t matter if they’re a minority in their country.
Yep, errr, I didn’t mean that you said that, but I think the person whom I originally responded to did. Thought that was clear from my comment. I also don’t think it’s fair to be judging Muslims by the teachings that are controversial among them and the rest of the world is unfair and it draws stereotypes as conclusion, potentially leading to more harm.
In Muslim countries, by the standards of the majortiy of Muslims, people don’t think Mohammed married a 9 year old or don’t think about it or simply believe the version that says she was 18 anyway, and almost no one would support laws that make the lives of pedophiles easier, the AVERAGE Muslim is horrified at anything involving sexually assaulting a minor. Islam is an umbrella term for a lot of things, but if we are going to judge Islam by how the followers interpret it (rather than the clericsd) to better understand their position and effect on this on society, the landscape changes. There are so many problematic aspects about Islam and Muslims but it doesn’t help to misrepresent them. If we really want to win this dumb culture war or religious war or identity war or whatever it is and help others, we need to do better.
Ah, I’m on kbin. For some reason, I don’t see you were responding to somebody else. Guess some context was lost.