Posted on 05/05/2007 9:35:28 PM PDT by Dundee
MUSLIM and Christian leaders in Oslo scrapped a soccer match meant to foster understanding between religions today after the imams refused to play a team that included women priests.
The imams said physical contact with women would be inappropriate, NRK public television said, and the Norwegian Christians refused a proposal of a male-only clash.
The match was to have followed talks meant to build bridges between faiths in Norway.
"Some say that bodily contact is the problem. It leads to special feelings that can lead to something forbidden," imam Senaid Kobilica told NRK public television in explanation.
A woman priest from Norway's Lutheran state church, who was part of the Christian team, said that barring women from the pitch would be discrimination.
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Her objection prompted the Christian captain to cancel the match.
"There are both men and women priests in Oslo, and you can't have a dialogue in which everyone can take part and then have a game where only men are allowed," Trond Bakkevig said.
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No soup for you goat boy!
Forget about whether this is right or wrong for a minute. Don’t you think that whomever organized this game might have foreseen this coming? The things that could be avoided with just a little thinking.
Good call.
Like turning back the first boatload of muslim arrivals.
I think you’re asking for a bit much there. These people can’t think past a stupid game, much less an immigration policy.
Poor babies. It ain’t easy to be a liberal ...
It’s very easy to be a liberal. When the only ‘evil’ you believe in is U.S. conservatives and the U.S. as a whole, you don’t really have to think very much.
How much easier can it get?
Where do I start....no, I don't want to get banned.
Well, yes, but I was thinking about those occasions where the various aspects of liberal PC conflict with each other. Like feminism and pro-Islamism ... What do these idiots do in such cases? Tear their hair out, I guess.
No, they don’t tear their hair out. They ignore the situation that makes them uncomfortable. Hadn’t you noticed? :)
Well, why didn't it foster understanding? Christians should now understand that Muslims think women are lower than whale sperm.
I’m being lighthearted, Ron. I know perfectly well that they don’t normally agonize over these things. The point is more that they should — capiche?
Special feelings lead to rape which then leads to stoning or beheading. But then, those are not forbidden by Islam...
No, I don’t think they should. Lots of those folks are straddling the line of insanity as it is. Something as taxing as thinking might push them over the edge. You don’t want our mental health services over-run, do you?
Sorry, I’m with the Imams on this one.
You can’t play men against girls in this situation, either the girls would get severely injured, or the men would have to “play soft” just to ensure women weren’t hurt, in which case, the game, as a contest, is meaningless.
Well, no. Maybe I should cut them some slack, as you suggest.
LOL! Good point. ;o)
True, but many Muslims are against all male-female contact, outside marriage. And that’s crazy. Letting them enforce such standards here, against non-Muslims, is outrageous.
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