American Gadfly

Commentary, Critique, and Insight on Contemporary America

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Horny muslims want to know.

Every religion has its proscriptions, often based on subjective interpretations of religious texts such as the Bible and Koran. As a society, we don't typically denounce such proscriptions as superstitions and false beliefs, yet at the root of things, that is what they are. Does that mean that mankind is allowed to devolve into a state of anomie? Of course not. Despite the rantings of religous fundamentalists like Rick Santorum and Mullah Omar of wanting to bring morality through Biblical and Koranic teachings, the truth is that morality cannot come from falsehood. In fact, falsehood implies anything, meaning that religious fundamentalists, using falsehoods of religious texts, can derive the most crazy arguments they want.
In looking at the Islam in particular, I am intrigued by all the things Allah tells his followers to do or not to do. Anyone who wants to see what a so-called scholar of the Koran, the grand ayotola Ali Sistani, interprets regarding what is holy and unholy, can see on his website:
http://www.sistani.org/html/eng/main/index.php?page=4&lang=eng&part=1
Answers to Allah's view on everything from anal sex, orgies, and other fun activities are explained.
I think the lesson the learn here is that muslims are as horny as anyone else, and looking for a good time. Too bad no one is there to tell them that no Allah will care if they drink, have orgies, or shake hands with women.