'Islam Needs a Sexual Revolution'

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@samiakhtar

yeah, when it comes to choosing between the worst excesses of “muslim” society and the worst excesses of “western” society, id take the latter as the lesser of two evils any day. we’re talking about a moral outlook that considers it acceptable for a full-grown man to marry a teenager half his age from the other side of the world that he’s never met before, at which point all manner of sexual fun is allowed to ensue (because they’re married! anything goes!), but considers it unacceptable for a woman to have, say, four long-term stable relationships before settling down and marrying for life at around age 30. a moral outlook which considers murdering a woman for wearing a skirt as acceptable, but considers unacceptable…well, a woman wearing a skirt.

and dont say “but they’re not real muslims” because it makes no difference. it’s islamic CULTURE (sikhs, for example, who have the same attitudes are no better or worse). culture from islamic countries. never mind scripture. the places in the world where islam exists in a fully egalitarian, productive environment is the west. that’s precisely because the freedoms granted by the west have (mostly) allowed muslim women to prosper freely using their own choices and piety. islam, certainly not pakistani islam, has absolutely no business telling the west what’s moral and what isn’t.

I think you are talking about American men, the Buddhas in their 70,s who marry teenagers from Philippine by selecting their pics on internet.