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It doesn't take much to get called an "Islamophobe." I have earned the title by daring to report on what the Islamic sacred texts say and how those texts have been understood in Islamic tradition, and to ask self-proclaimed moderate Muslims to acknowledge the existence of those texts and traditions, and come up with some way to mitigate their capacity to incite violence.
Meanwhile, the new Swedish integration minister, Nyamko Sabuni, has earned the epithet by compulsory checks for genital mutilation of girls, a ban on headsarves for girls under fifteen, and anti-honor killing legislation.
This is especially ironic given the tendency of Islamic apologists in the West to deny that genital mutilation and honor killing have anything to do with Islam, and to speak of the headscarf as an entirely optional and liberating thing. The bar for what constitutes Islamophobia is getting pretty low. And that's revealing in itself.
"Youth and diversity sets new government apart," from Sweden's The Local, with thanks to Mats:
The appointment of Liberal Nyamko Sabuni as integration minister is proving to be one of Fredrik Reinfeldt's most controversial choices. Sabuni, who moved to Sweden from Burundi at the age of 12, is the first black person to be appointed a minister in Sweden.Her suggestion that all girls should undergo compulsory checks for genital mutilation (otherwise known as female circumcision) led to controversy. Sabuni was also attacked by Muslim groups for proposing a ban on headscarves for girls under 15 and the introduction of a specific mention of honour crimes in the criminal code.
Muslim commentator and author Kurdo Baksi slammed Sabuni's appointment:
"I am very disappointed that a person whom I consider to be an Islamaphobe has been appointed integration minister. It is a very poor start to a centre-right government's integration policy," he said.
Posted by Robert at October 6, 2006 5:10 PM
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These checks sound not disimilar to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's suggestions in the book The Caged Virgin. Chapter 12 entitled Genital Mutilation Must not be Tolerated. She was writing specifically about the Netherlands but I thought her ideas would work in all European countries and elsewhere.
As Mr Sabuni comes from Burundi that makes it easier for him to say such things. I hope that he is listened to, and great minds think alike.
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at October 6, 2006 5:36 PM
Islamophobe= patriot (usually).
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at October 6, 2006 5:36 PM
Going to take more than that to save that land of twits
Posted by: KAOSKTRL at October 6, 2006 5:50 PM
Did any of you, while hiking, come upon a rattlesnake? Did you make a quick detour and keep a healthy distance? If you did, then you are just another damned, ignorant Viperphobe.
Posted by: Pelayo at October 6, 2006 5:51 PM
Finally a wpman who cares about womans rights,say no to female genital mutulation and fine the people whodo this.
Posted by: mark52 at October 6, 2006 6:04 PM
Fine them? How about putting them in gaol?
Posted by: payingattention at October 6, 2006 6:39 PM
I have long predicted that while white Europeans on the left sit around congradulating themselves on how liberal they are, smug-faced and with certain digits lodged in their own certain orifices, it will be women from the world of Islam who fight a good share of this fight.
at October 6, 2006 8:18 PM
"How about putting them in gaol?"
Posted by Payingattention
Followed by deportation.
Posted by: templar at October 6, 2006 8:41 PM
Nyamko Sabuni...one Swede down, 8.9 million to go...
Posted by: SCV at October 6, 2006 8:54 PM
Islam is an ideology. Rejection of an ideology cannot be classified as phobia. To call the opponents of an ideology phobic is a fallacy. All ideologies have their critics and opponents but we do not hear Christians calling the critics of Christianity Christianophobe, communists calling their critics communitophobe or Hindus calling theirs hinduphobe. The term "Islamophobia" is both technically and logically incorrect and misleading.
Buddhism is by all accounts a peaceful religion as non-violence is the core of it. Despite that Buddhism has its critics and we never call then Buddhistphobes.
The neologism 'Islamophobia', is therefore the symptom of the intellectual bankruptcy of Muslim clerisy to come up with logical arguments and defend Islam against criticism in a rational way. 'Islamophobia' is an ad hominen. It is a logical fallacy and an insult hurled at the critics of Islam. It highlights the fact that Islam is a lie, unable to withstand criticism. That is why Muslims need censorship and must eliminate the truth by brutal force (law suits or violence) to protect their lie.
To read the whole article about that Islamophobia does not excist see:
http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina60526.htm
at October 6, 2006 11:07 PM
How winderful to see an immigrant in a position of authority, and using that position to entrench the values of her adopted home. It sounds positively American. Sabuni should reach out to brave Muslim women to gather support for the ban.
Posted by: Quijybo at October 6, 2006 11:42 PM
This shows so brilliantly how far the European left has gone with its blind idiocy. Oppose genital mutilation, gender segregation and honour killings and there you go, you're a right-wing conservative extremist, a Bad and Cruel person! It is a little hard to call her, the first Black woman minister of a Swedish government, racist and sexist, but that doesn't matter, not-friendly-enough-to-wonderful-Islamic-values (as the ones named above) is enough to qualify as Bad these days.
The bright side is, Muslims attacking the first Black minister as soon as she gets appointed may help the large public to start making a difference between "racist" and "Islamophobic".
Posted by: rahel at October 7, 2006 6:20 AM
Cover thier faces and cut off their genitals. Gee, what manley men these muslims put out.
Posted by: mustang65 at October 7, 2006 8:07 AM
Sweden's new government is off to a good start, I guess.
Yes, it's quite fascinating how genital mutilation has nothing to do with Islam, and honor killings are never perpetrated by real, peace-loving Muslims, but as soon as someone suggests that FGM should be banned and that honor killings should be included in the law, Muslims get upset. If you now told that Kurdo Baksi that he is effectively defending FGM and honor killings, he'd probably call you an Islamophobe and threaten to kill you.
Posted by: Jesus Christ Supercop at October 7, 2006 10:42 AM
There is a difference of opinion on female circumcision as these two opinions suggest. One note, Islamonline does not number their answers. These two sites have search features. I found these by searching with the partial word circum.
Another note: Islamonlne is a US site with mostly American scholars. AskImam is from South Africa.
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Askimam.com
Question 5229 from Canada
What is the Islamic ruling on female circumcision? Please explain in detail.
Answer 5229 2002-03-20
It is Mustahabb (commendable) for females to circumcise. It is narrated in
an authentic Hadith quoted from Abu Dawood Shareef that during the Prophet
(Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam)'s time there was a woman in Madinah who used
to perform circumcision for women (Fathul Bari vol. 16 p. 353)
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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Islamonline.net
Respected scholar. I have already read thoroughly about circumcision and I am now convinced it is not an Islamic obligation but a traditional practice. I will not put my two daughters in such a traumatic experience. I found no convincing argument that it is obligatory for me to do so as a Muslim. However, my question: is this a sin not to make this to my two daughters. Will I be punished by Allah because I don’t circumcise my two daughters?
Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
There is no authentic evidence on female circumcision. All the hadiths reported in this regard are graded as weak and not authentic. It has been always a custom and a tradition in Arab countries before Islam. So basically it is not required. It is a form of mutilation to the body for no valid reason. Therefore, you don't have to do it for your daughters.
at October 7, 2006 11:56 AM
mustang65,
I might be mistaken, but I think in Muslim countries where FGM is practiced, the women (especially in Africa) are the ones that initiate and perform it on their daughters.
at October 7, 2006 2:31 PM
Anyone who doesn't suck water in though their nose five times a day is an Islamaphobe surely?
Posted by: IceDragon at October 7, 2006 8:25 PM
Nyamko Sabuni sais she is a muslim, a secularized muslim, herself. So how come she is an islamophobic?
Posted by: magnus andersson at October 8, 2006 12:10 PM
I recall from a biography of the famous English Explorer Richard Burton that he reported that the reason for the female clitoridectomy was purely to enhance the sexual experience for the male: the woman would not be well able to have sexual pleasure without male intercourse and would therefore be more craving of it without any sort of substitute. Burton reported that this sometimes had the effect of making the women extremely lustful for sex. This serves the mid-Eastern & African men well.
Posted by: FM at October 8, 2006 7:38 PM
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