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What is happening in Iran these days is world-historical. The entire country is rising up against a brutal, violent, repressive regime that the people of Iran have endured for over forty years, and the most courageous of all are little schoolgirls who have their whole lives ahead of them and thus the most to lose. Yet while practically the entirety of what used to be called the free world is cheering on the demonstrators who are standing unarmed against ruthless security forces, one imam in Texas is not happy at all. Yasir Qadhi, one of the most prominent Muslim clerics and Islamic apologists in the United States, recently likened the protests in Iran to protesting for the right to walk around nude in Texas. Yes, he really did.
The East Plano Islamic Center’s YouTube channel, EPIC Masjid (which has nearly 300,000 subscribers), recently posted a video of Qadhi explaining that to oppose Iran’s mandatory hijab law, which some women have received ten-year prison sentences for violating, is tantamount to opposing public indecency laws in the good old USA. Qadhi said: “In the last two weeks, I have been inundated with dozens of emails with one particular focus or theme… regarding the enforcement of the hijab in a particular country, and apparently, it caused the death of somebody and whatnot.” Qadhi explained that he wasn’t a political commentator, and so he said he wasn’t going to name the country or get into the political issues involved.
Qadhi said that he received a question from one of his followers, a high-school girl: “Is it true that our religion forces the women to wear the hijab? Can an Islamic government have this right? Shouldn’t worship be done freely?” Qadhi responded by warning about getting involved in hypothetical issues that are far beyond our own responsibility: “I am not responsible for something happening five thousand miles away.” He then launched into a lengthy critique of Western secularism, comparing it unfavorably to Islamic law, and argued that all countries, including those in the secular West, enforce codes of morality; they just differ in their content.
On that basis, Qadhi then advanced a curious argument: “Even in the West,” he explained, “there are laws against indecency, and there are moral prescriptions about what one can and should and must wear.” He added: “If you show certain parts of the body, and if you show certain organs of your body, you shall be fined, and if you continue to do so, you shall go to jail. Now, the issue therefore is not over, Can the state control what you can or cannot show. The issue is, How much can you show? So some Middle Eastern countries might have a lot more. And, uh, here in America, it is a lot less. But the notion of the state telling you a minimal amount that you can wear, that is pretty much universal.”
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Walter Sieruk says
Well , an imam in Texas is furious that the women in Iran are standing up for their nature rights against that brutally oppressive and murderous Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran.
The fitting answer to that angry is “So what , so he’s mad, Who cares ,that’s his problem.”
That imams might be so conceited and even delusional as to feel that anyone cares what he thinks or that if he his “furious ” of not . To his rage it’s “OK so he’s mad, tough beans .”
In addition that evil Islamic tyranny has been explained by a former Muslim who revealed an important reality when he wrote “The Islamic republic of Iran exists and operates as what every fundamentalist dreams of, an Islamic state ruled by Sharia …”
He further exposes that “What followed its establishment was the inevitable consequence and inexorable logic of its Islamic premise; state terrorism, a merciless tyranny.” [1]
Those two words that author used “merciless tyranny” to describe that vicious cruel brutal oppressive Islamic and murderous Islamic tyrannical regime is both appropriate and fitting. Just look at those brutal horrendous malicious murders by the state Islamic police and of so many Iranians who are justly and rightly protesting the severe human rights abuses cruelty and oppression of that tyrannical Islamic regime.
Indeed, the tyrants of Khamenei and Raisi are very guilty and have the blood of many innocent people on their wicked hands.
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq page 347.
Wellington says
An imam in Texas has wrong written all over it.
somehistory says
yes, Wellington, I’m wondering what happened to the “Don’t Mess With Texas”?
And except for the hidden in plain sight training compounds they have in the less populated places, they all seem to be clustered in the areas of higher priced homes. I’m wondering how so many have so much money? Are they all funded by foreign governments where mozlums rule?
Recall clock boy from Irving…not far from Plano…and when they were challenged, left the country….that takes money,…and then wanted to return, which also takes money. Moving is not cheap. And rental places are sky high, if one can find a place available.
It’s all very fishy.
Walter Sieruk says
This report of the imam being furious about that revolt in Iran .The best reply to that is “Ho, is he now, poor fellow .
Raja says
This imam is a devil’s man, and it is no surprise at all. He is paranoid that islam too would be dumped, some reasonable apprehension.
I will cherish the day when huge crowds of tens of thousands shout death to islam, as chants of death to mullahs is grossly insufficient.
Recently, the foreign minister of Pakistan said that India is rich and devil. The useless fellows on the Indian side could have seized the opportunity to give a good dressing to islam, saying Pakistan is the epitome of evil, a threat to world peace blah blah. Isn’t Pakistan synonymous with islam / sharia?
CogitoErgoSum says
The people are the state – or at least that’s the way it should be. The people of the state should have the right to decide upon the laws of their state. Even if the people do decide that certain parts of the body should be clothed, the people should also be allowed to decide upon the punishment for violating the laws of the state. People are not usually beaten to death for nudity. A large number of women in Iran are saying that refusing to wear the hijab should not result in a punishment involving bodily injury or death. Any reasonable person would see the logic in that but Islam defies all reason.
NoBurkas says
It has nothing to do with nudity, it was about the amount of hair she was revealing!
Remember the uncovered meat for the cats comment from one of the head bumpers here in Australia about 10 years ago?
Keep your eyes open to keep your head on and practise situational awareness.
CogitoErgoSum says
Nudity is about not covering one’s self so that certain parts of the body are revealed that normally would not be seen. In a society where the hair on the head is expected always to be covered in public not covering the hair could be compared to being in public nude. A big part of the West’s misunderstanding of Muslims and Islam is that we are not programmed from birth to think as they do. I agree with you that being aware of what is going on around you is always good advice.
NoBurkas says
Did he explain why hair is immodest?
Bet my bottom dollar he couldn’t!
Have these women read Bukhari Volume 1 Book 6 Hadith 301 where the fat white dwarf named Muhammad said women are deficient of intelligence?
Have these women read Quran 2:282 where the Stone statue “said” Women are half wits?
Read it rip your head coverings off and run as far away from The MURDEROUS IDEOLOGY of ISLAM as you can!
dazzleme says
Exactly, Islam religion is just wrong. I don’t believe that we were intended to cover our head up!
NoBurkas says
I’m surprised that the Mullahs aren’t invoking Quran 33:33 like the Taliban are doing in Afghanistan and making the women stay in their homes!
Keep your eyes open to keep your head on and practise situational awareness!
Michael Copeland says
This is Yasir “the standard narrative has holes in it” Qadhi, who explains:
“Jews and Christians are filthy. Their lives and property can be taken by the muslims in jihad.”
Scotsman48 says
I also wonder why some wee fat ass iman like this guy lives in the ”great satan” as Iran once called it, as he is now in the belly of the beast, as it were.
So he confused nudity with a woman’s hair flowing freely as thats how sexually uptight these morons really are…Wee boys can wear short pants as they love that… dont they..
muslim men want all women to completely cover their bodies so that the muslim men will not feel the urge to rape them, therefore muslim men are admitting that they are in fact a bunch of rapists and its all her fault…
Maybe he has a collection of Bachi Boys on his Hard Drive…
James Lincoln says
Scotsman48 says,
“…muslim men are admitting that they are in fact a bunch of rapists and its all her fault…”
After you distill it all down, that’s about the size of it…
somehistory says
Rapists in this country once blamed the women…for being out late, being out late alone, dressing as they sometimes do, having several romantic relationships,, going to bars ..all of these meant the woman was “asking for it.” and it wasn’t only the rapists who made those claims.
Some in the criminal justice system and some in the business of writing laws, made laws to change that way of thinking and to keep the victim from being blamed. this was necessary if the guilty were to face the punishment they deserved.
mozlums will never make such a law to protect the victims as they like it the way it is and they don’t dare change the writing in the book of evil filth, by which they live and breathe and rape. and murder.
dazzleme says
I agree, why in the heck is he here in “the belly of the beast” when I’m sure we Americans DO NOT want any muzlims here. Go home and rape each other, that’s the only thing they are known for, pigs!
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Yasir Qadhi must be an “Asshole from El Paso.” – Music by Kinky Friedman (The Original Texas Jew Boy)
https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/kinky_friedman/asshole_from_el_paso-lyrics-185180.html