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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]One can draw Muhammed and one should have at it.  Those that don't want to gaze upon such images should not purchase the magazines, art etc. The Koran is an extremely confusing book; many of the rules of Islam come from the hadith which record Muhammed's life--and serve as a model. Since he lived in practically a stone age culture (his big struggle was against people who literally worshipped rock idols) a lot of his life is grounded in that time period. Marrying many wives made sense back then--there were a lot of widows who needed protection. Other rules on women are inconsistent. He supposedly consummated his marriage to Aisha when she was 10 and he 53 (gross). She is also a revered figure who recorded many hadith and rode into battle on camel. People who literally wish to follow the hadith are people who live in the stone age. Much like Christianity (Im Christian) has been open to feminist critique for years, Islam needs some air breathed into it.  It's pretty darned dusty overall. Sorry--but feminist Muslims are not by and large embraced, women do live very submissively in many parts of the Muslim world (genital mutilation anyone?), there are horrible laws and practices on the books with Sharia--and it goes back to a stone age that persists unexamined by the large majority of practicioners.[/quote]

Just one note, female genital mutilation is not a Muslim practice, but a cultural tradition mostly confined to parts of Africa and small areas of the Arab world. In those areas are heavily Muslims but the practice also exists among non-Muslims. [/quote]

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