You gotta ask yourself: when Western progressives demonize an Israeli state under siege by genocidal Islamic states, do they justify it by ignoring the real world or by totally shutting down anything that approaches reason or logic.
Israel, 11/21/06:
In a precedent-setting ruling, the High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that five gay couples wedded outside of Israel can be registered as married couples, Army Radio reported. A sweeping majority of six Justices in favor and one against ruled that the common-law marriages of five gay couples obtained in Toronto, Canada, can appear as married on the population registry. The gay petitioners sought to force the state to give equal recognition to common law marriages of heterosexual couples to those of gay marriages, which can be performed in certain countries.
Qatar, 11/18/06:
Prominent Islamic scholar Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi has slammed Egypt’s culture minister, Farouq Hosni, for his recent remarks against the Islamic veil… Qaradawi also criticised Hosni for what he called pro-Western views. “The minister views women’s compliance with the Islamic teachings as a ‘retrogressive’ act and wants them to stop covering their hair which he likened to flowers that should not be veiled. This means that he wants them to blindly imitate the Western civilisation which has indulged in bestial pleasures, sanctioned gay marriage and condoned nudity,” he said. “We have our own civilisation which has its own philosophy and principles. We will never be a part of the Western civilisation as the minister wants us to be.”
Let’s go over all that one more time:
(a) “prominent Islamic scholar”
(b) “bestial pleasures” = “gay marriage” = “nudity” = bad
(c) “gay marriage” is “part of the Western civilization”
(d) The Islamic world “will never be part of the Western civilization”
Now, you can continue to parrot Juan Cole and insist that vast swathes of the Muslim world are teetering on the brink of progressivism. Or you can listen to prominent Islamic scholars who think that gays are evil and swear never to accept them.
Oh, plus: they drop houses on gay people. That’s a huge counter-example to the “warmonger make up violent versions of Islam” theory, in our humble opinion.
Previously: For The Last Time. Israel Did Not Cancel The Gay Pride Parade Because of Religious Jews, Saudi Men Like Islamic Fundamentalism, Positions of Privilege, European Leftists Unite With Arab Knesset Members, Criticize Israel For Not Being Democratic Enough
