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I am Muslim and I think the part of our culture where cousins get married is beyond *****ed up and disgusting.
I am dead against it and always have been, and p****d off lot of people within my community regarding this issue.
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Interesting to hear you be forthright about the notion. Arranged marriages, particularly to a cousin just sounds all wrong to me. (And I'm not intolerant to other cultures in general I can assure you)
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Nowadays arrange marriages are not the forceful issue many non muslims think. It more of a meet and match issue, like a dating agency and if couples feel they are compatiable then they take it to the next level and if not, they move on.
Regarding the issue from other gentleman saying Mohamed married his cousin; my issues dont stem from religion it stems from basic moral standard. First cousins share the same grandparents, that is a bit too close for home. My own cousins are like my brothers and sister, cannot invisage *****ing them. Then there is the freaks of nature produced through the off spring; I remember this guy at my university who told me his parents are first cousins and it made me understand why he had facial hair all the way to under his eyelids.
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Cheers for teaching me - again I apologise for lack of insight........the Region where I come from has very few non-whites/other Religions so trying to understand 21st Century Muslim culture/ethnticity is difficult. I have no religion but fully support FOR EXAMPLE - that Catholics can accept abortion and homosexuality but still be Catholic - so I found the point about "the Prophet" invalid and behind what you say.
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My point was:
If your religion says God gave humans an order... 'do not take part in homosexual activities' then you still go ahead and take part in homosexual activities, then you obviously don't fully believe in or practice that religion do you... even though you say you are a follower of that religion.
Saying you are a follower of a particular religion then not properly practicing it or believing in it is a contradiction.
Same with Islam... the very fundamental belief of Islam is you must believe that Mohammad was the greatest human to have lived, that Muslims must live their life exactly as he did. So to call yourself a Muslim and then disagree with his actions is a major contradiction.
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I see the inherant minefield we're in hence why I just "thanked the Lord" I'm an aethiest. Smile
I meant to stir no controversy with my daft initial enquiry.
18-07-2009, 12:07 PM
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