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Seismic Anamoly
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MIKE BURN Generally Crazy Guy
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Kuwait bans women from singing |
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Thanks for the word "Unreal", I was looking for it..........
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Seismic Anamoly
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MIKE BURN Generally Crazy Guy
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 1:28 pm Post subject: Kuwait bans women from singing |
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Quote: Monday, 24 May, 2004, 21:07 GMT 22:07 UK
Religious authorities in Kuwait have reportedly banned concerts with women singers as "un-Islamic" following an outcry over a Lebanese TV talent show.
Forbidden acts include "women singing to men... mixing between the sexes when women reveal part of their body, and using vulgar words and dancing".
The fatwa was published by Kuwait's Islamic Affairs ministry, AFP reported.
The ministry was responding to pressure by Islamist MPs to ban a show featuring winners of the Star Academy series.
Star Academy is based on a hit French TV show of the same name in which male and female teenagers from different Arab countries live together before competing in a talent contest.
A Star Academy concert did take place in Kuwait on 6 May, despite demonstrations by hundreds of Islamist activists.
However, chief opponent Walid Tabtabai MP had threatened to grill Kuwait's information minister in parliament over the matter.
Correspondents say Kuwait has bowed to Islamists' pressure by tightening controls on public concerts, banning all forms of dance and forcing families and unaccompanied men to sit separately while attending.
"It is not allowed for any party to organise a concert by Star Academy, or under any other name, as long as they include practices forbidden by Islam," the fatwa, or religious edict, reportedly said.
"It is also forbidden to attend or watch these concerts, and provide any assistance or invest in them," it added.
Since a Pop Idol-style talent show was first broadcast on an Arab satellite TV station in 2003, reality programmes have proved hugely popular with Middle East audiences - providing a welcome escape from the harsh realities of the conflict-scarred region.
However, the formats popular in the West have frequently fallen foul of strict Islamic codes of decency in some Arab countries.
A version of Big Brother was taken off air in February after a huge public outcry in Bahrain where it was being filmed.
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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HKRockChick No More Peas!
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: women in mosques... |
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I can live with any kind of behaviour, as long as it's voluntary, and doesn't hurt anyone else......
What I can't understand is people who think they have the right to tell others how to live......
How DARE "religious authorities" assume they can "forbid" Women to sing in front of men?????
Who the Hell gave them the right to forbid?
Peh...!!
I spit on their "authority"..............
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: women in mosques... |
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Quote: I'd let the women sing but ban the crap reality programmes..!
ok - you were kidding there, right?
I can't see you banning anything....
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RonOnGuitar
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carol lowery
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RonOnGuitar
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: women in mosques... |
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Quote: they arent allowed in the same part as the men... even in moderate Islamic countries. I dont think they sing in mosques - cept the prayers.
Debbie - My buddy who married the lass from Madras (and thought he was Indian for awhile, ha!) worked with a Indian evangelist(non-denominational), going around and having meetings. He was telling me about how, in at least one instance, the meeting was the first where men & women were not seperated.
BTW, is there a different word in Hindi or other Indian language for "India" & "Indian" that Indians use? Just curious, since Native Ameircans also got tagged with the same term by a confused Columbus.
And, of course, "Americans" are so named after an Italian, Amerigo Vespucci !!
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carol lowery
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one penny
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HKRockChick No More Peas!
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: LOL |
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Hiya all!
Ron, I'm not sure about the segregation bit in christianity. Where I go to church there's no segregation at all
As to languages, there are about 18 or more official languages in india. Not dialects, but real languages. There are thousands of dialects. Before India became the US of India (heh) it was a bunch of many different states, each ruled by a different king, with its own language, laws, etc etc. Then the British colonised india, and the whole thing became one. However, its still pretty much like the US in concept - there is a central govt, and there are state govts. States still have their own food, culture, laws, languages, taxes etc, and if you cross the border from one state to the other, the language of all the signage changes!
The two official languages are Hindi and English. English is the business language. So if you know English you'll pretty much get by anywhere.
Most of the muslims in india are Sunni - the less rigid of the two sects. India was historically actually one of the most sexually uninhibited countries in the world - remember the kamasutra... and you only have to take a tour of the ancient caves, carvings and temples to realise this, but after the mughul invasion we got the segregation issue, suppression of womens rights, and basically all the joy taken out of it, after which came the victorian era... hooo boy.
Anyway, things be looking up now! We still have some caste and dowry issue. Parents and societal norms are still the controlling factors in people's behaviour, but by and large its a free country.
Chris! yeah, I guess when things are done voluntarily you have to respect that. I dont fancy getting preached at though. I had one bible thumping christian evangelist moralist twerp go on an on about how Christ was a "warrior" (ugh) and would have condoned these wars. So I picked every opportunity to point out teachings which said the opposite. He bashed gays and said they were evil people who'd go to hell, even wrote a whole paper about it, quoting leviticus and everything, truly an unpleasant most unchristian character... (and the funny thing was that a mutual friend that he sang the praises of 24/7 was gay, only he didnt know it, but I did. I so badly wanted to tell him, but didnt, left it up to the friend - that was a test of will!). It really takes all kinds I guess!
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