Comments on: Deedra Abboud: A Feminist Muslim?

By: nicky

nicky — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:40:00 +0000

In reply to Claudia Baker. I love your understatement 'a tad hypocritical' for 'oxymoronic batshit crazy'.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 23:43:00 +0000

In reply to nicky. I'd agree there. Flake even wrote a book opposing Trump. It seems that is why he's having trouble getting re-elected. I might vote for him in preference to someone I don't know I can trust too. But the way things are, you can almost guarantee his suggested replacement will be a Trump acolyte.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 23:39:17 +0000

In reply to Lee Knuth. Come to NZ. We have lots. We had atheist PMs continuously from 1999-2016, then one year of a Catholic, and with the latest election we've got an agnostic former-Mormon. I suspect she's still developing (she's only 37) and in a few years she'll be declaring herself a full atheist. Apparently the main reason she left the Mormon Church was their stance on LBGT rights.

By: nicky

nicky — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:52:10 +0000

Unless we get more clarity (eg about her involvement in CAIR), if I lived in Arizona, I’d most certainly not vote for her . I’d even rather vote for a (more or less) honourable GOP candidate, such as Mr Flake or Ms Rice. I agree that ‘honourable GOP’ candidates are almost as rare as hen’s teeth nowadays.
If I were to vote for a ‘Muslim’ , I’d rather vote for Ms Namazie, Ms Haider or above all Ms Hirshi Ali. The latter may not be a Muslim anymore, but she has some political experience as member of parliament in the Netherlands. That should count, immo.

By: nicky

nicky — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:25:30 +0000

In reply to Heather Hastie. And we all know that lying to promote the Faith is -if not encouraged- at least condoned in Islam. Although Taqiyya is mostly associated with Shia, it is also condoned in Sunni Islam, as long as it is to infidels. However, I'm not sure how much a convert would be conversant with that. On the other hand, an activist for CAIR would in all probability, of course.

By: Lee Knuth

Lee Knuth — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:44:11 +0000

Still feel that if you can’t dress without an hijab you are proclaiming your adherence to a particular religion, a religion that seems to place women in a subservient role. Still waiting for the day when an atheist gains office.

By: Claudia Baker

Claudia Baker — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:27:30 +0000

I would find it very difficult to vote for her if I lived in Arizona. Claiming to be for equal rights for women, while wearing an hijab, a symbol of the subjugation of women, seems just a tad hypocritical.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:24:08 +0000

In reply to Linda Calhoun. I have a similar visceral response. Due to experience, my automatic reaction to someone who wears their religion on their sleeve is that they're a hypocrite who's prepared to lie for their religion.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:20:15 +0000

In reply to nicky. All she says about LGBT rights on her website is that same-sex marriage is the law, plus that sentence I quoted above. Not exactly a ringing endorsement! There are Republicans who can do better than that!

By: Linda Calhoun

Linda Calhoun — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:10:52 +0000

Somebody needs to ask her how she would treat a daughter. Would she compel the kid to wear religious garb?

I always have the same question for members of Abrahamic religions. I have read the Bible from cover to cover. I have read as much of the Qu’ran as I could stomach. They are repulsive, disgusting documents. I always want to look at, particularly women, but all proponents, and ask, “What’s with you that you DON’T find that stuff repulsive and disgusting?”

Also, I have had so many horrible experiences with religious people, especially the ones that wear it on their sleeves, that my first reaction, admittedly visceral rather than reasoned, is always mistrust. What they say and what they do are usually so disconnected that I just want to avoid them. I can’t see feeling like one of them “represents” me.