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Breastfeeding adult men sparks holy war
WorldNetDaily ^ | August 3, 2010 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 08/05/2010 5:10:41 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Islamic population in the Middle East has been caught up in a new war, but it is its own enemy in the fight over a "fatwa" that authorizes the breastfeeding of adult men.

"The fatwa-issuing thugs give orders, pass judgment, and make decisions: love is forbidden; looking [at a man] is a sin; expressions of love are contemptible – [but] as for breastfeeding, that is permissible, permissible, permissible," wrote Nadine Al-Budair, a presenter for the U.S. Arabic-language television station Al-Hurra.

The dispute has been monitored by the Middle East Media Research Institute, which has compiled a history of it and added comments from contemporary Muslims interests.

The issue first arose in Egypt in May 2007 when a "fatwa" – an Islamic religious decree – was issued from "Izzat" Atiyya, who used to be chief of the Hadith Department at Al-Azhar University. Atiyya permitted a woman to breastfeed a man with whom she must work in private, which MEMRI reported led to Atiyya's dismissal from his school position.

The dispute returned to headlines just a few weeks ago when Sheik Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Obikan, in the Saudi Justice Ministry, issued a "fatwa" allowing the breastfeeding of adults.

MEMRI documents how the rules are aimed at "enabling an unrelated man and woman to be secluded in the same room, a situation which Islam considers forbidden gender mixing."

The report explained the fatwas regarding breastfeeding suggest it creates "a bond of kinship between the man and woman … thus making it acceptable for them to be together in seclusion."

The latest edict "created a stir in Saudi Arabia and in the Arab media at large, arousing a wave of criticism from clerics and columnists alike," MEMRI reported.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adults; breastfeeding; fatwa; fatwas; gendermixing; islam; memri; men; muslims; saudiarabia; seclusion; shariah; sunna; women
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To: basil

Well—it’s not as bad as I first thought—from the headline, I thought adult men had somehow figured out how they could breast feed their infants, or something like that—LOL!

19 posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:42:59 AM by basil (It’s time to rid the country of “Gun Free Zones” aka “Killing Fields”)


I haven’t laughed this hard in a long, long, long time. Thanks for it !


21 posted on 08/05/2010 5:53:15 AM PDT by Reagan69 (Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I did not know adult men could breastfeed.


22 posted on 08/05/2010 5:54:24 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience.)
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To: Jaxter
Well, that’ll take some pressure off of the goats.

Not that part of the goat.

23 posted on 08/05/2010 5:55:58 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thousands of years of first cousin marriages has a way of scrambling brains I guess.


24 posted on 08/05/2010 6:12:41 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Breast feeding only?...behind closed doors?

If you give a mouse a cookie...


25 posted on 08/05/2010 6:25:14 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The new most used phrase at Islamic water coolers.... Got Milk?


26 posted on 08/05/2010 6:27:57 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: patriot08

“There are just no words..”

Just one....demented.


27 posted on 08/05/2010 6:36:32 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Give me a hand up, not a hand out)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

These people are insane.


28 posted on 08/05/2010 6:38:05 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Now if unmarried or unrelated couples go off together in seclusion to hold hands they (actually the woman) could be flogged. If they have sex she could be stoned to death. However, if they go off together so the man may “breast feed” that is OK. These people are FUBAR.


29 posted on 08/05/2010 6:49:54 AM PDT by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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To: Jaxter
Well, that’ll take some pressure off of the goats.

LMAO!!!

Thanks for that - lol!

30 posted on 08/05/2010 6:52:29 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
MEMRI documents how the rules are aimed at "enabling an unrelated man and woman to be secluded in the same room, a situation which Islam considers forbidden gender mixing." The report explained the fatwas regarding breastfeeding suggest it creates "a bond of kinship between the man and woman … thus making it acceptable for them to be together in seclusion."

"Doris, you and I have been employed here in the mail room for a couple of months now, and I've been thinking about how to improve our working relationship..."

31 posted on 08/05/2010 6:58:53 AM PDT by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
breastfeeding, that is permissible, permissible, permissible," wrote Nadine Al-Budair, a presenter for the U.S. Arabic-language television station Al-Hurra

Also the exclamation of Muslim men at the proclamation of this fatwa...

32 posted on 08/05/2010 7:07:13 AM PDT by mikrofon
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

"MaMa!"

SnakeDoc

33 posted on 08/05/2010 7:16:57 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wow...just wow!


34 posted on 08/05/2010 7:25:14 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Dude, this is pretty f——d up, right here.”


35 posted on 08/05/2010 7:26:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"I'd hit it!"


36 posted on 08/05/2010 7:29:35 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: agere_contra

You got me one that one. A little coffee almost went through my nose! lol


37 posted on 08/05/2010 7:33:27 AM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kufir!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If they want to kill more of each other, I am all for it.


38 posted on 08/05/2010 7:35:45 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: Candor7

You have to be on a silicone or saline diet to use that/those. Hey, we may have a new and exciting way to deliver potassium supplementation! ... Wonder if Merck knows about this?


39 posted on 08/05/2010 7:36:21 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
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To: Sloth
MEMRI documents how the rules are aimed at “enabling an unrelated man and woman to be secluded in the same room, a situation which Islam considers forbidden gender mixing.” The report explained the fatwas regarding breastfeeding suggest it creates “a bond of kinship between the man and woman … thus making it acceptable for them to be together in seclusion.”

Bond? sure! Kinship? Not so much. I think after trying the milk I might want to sample other delicacies.

40 posted on 08/05/2010 7:44:31 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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