Slog - Comments on Holy Crap http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1 God knows there's an infinite number of allegedly Christian beliefs worth mocking. But rarely do they achieve the tabloid shock of the recent edicts put forth by Egyptian Muslims: The breast-feeding fatwa declared that the Islamic restriction on unmarried men and women being together could be lifted at work if the woman breast-fed her male colleagues five times, to establish family ties. According to the New York Times, the edicts "have proved a source of national embarrassment in Egypt, not least because they were issued by representatives of the highest religious authorities in the land." "We were very angered... Copyright 2008 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:29:54 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:23:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Religion makes people do some freaky-assed shit.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740434 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:20:34 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna Creation museum bumper stickers - cute.

http://defconblog.org/2007/05/gettin-stupider-er/

]]> vegetable lasagna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740436 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:23:17 -0800 Comment by brad why is that all of a sudden embarrassing? there are a lot of things they do that can be considered such. as long as any religion is debating, arguing and 2nd guessing its precepts and beliefs it will never "take over the world" as so many want to do.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740440 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:42:59 -0800 Comment by sasha Is that hazelnut chocolate Jesus? Because that looks super-tasty.

]]> sasha http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740441 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:46:52 -0800 Comment by Gitai C'mon, it makes perfect sense. I mean, sucking on titties is never seen as sexual, right?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740442 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:48:37 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn snicker.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740444 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:49:37 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna Atiyah was suspended from his job and within days issued a retraction, saying it was a "bad interpretation of a particular case."

Looks like another one of those cases where bad facts make bad fatwa.

]]> vegetable lasagna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740451 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:11:34 -0800 Comment by Will of HA Islam!

It's faaaaaantastic!

]]> Will of HA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740455 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:20:45 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Last week Dan published a couple instances of teachers using their position to either "punish" or "reward" students by having them fulfill what was obviously a fantasy of the teacher ("All right, now pour on the chocolate.") For some reason, this fatwa brings to mind those examples...

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740459 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:28:39 -0800 Comment by kinaidos You have to admire the specificity of the Fatwa - *five times*, not four, not six. What happens between the first and the fifth time though. Are suckles one to four somehow a little bit dirty and then redeemed by number five? Once the first suckle happens is the woman then bound to countinue through the fifth? Is the woman's husband allowed to object? (I presume she is married because an unmarried lactating woman would, I presume, be stoned.)

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740467 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:44:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Can we make a cartoon of Mohammed breastfeeding?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740472 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740472 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:53:04 -0800 Comment by Just Me I read this while using my toilet paper with pictures of Mohommad while dealing with my diareah....

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740824 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:21:22 -0800 Comment by Just Me I read this while using my toilet paper with pictures of Mohommad while dealing with my diareah....

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740831 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:23:08 -0800 Comment by Just Me I read this while using my toilet paper with pictures of Mohommad while dealing with my diareah....

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740832 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:23:09 -0800 Comment by Just Me I read this while using my toilet paper with pictures of Mohommad while dealing with my diareah....

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740833 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:23:17 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Wipe once, not four times.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740915 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:41:36 -0800 Comment by monkey Oh my god those jeans totally make your ass look fatwa!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c740919 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:42:30 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon is it ok to point out that islam could really use an Enlightenment?

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c741365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c741365 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:31:54 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale An Islamic social Inchon.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c741792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/holy_crap_1#c741792 Religion Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:23:30 -0800