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Entry: My views of a 'Islamic' article condheming suicide by women who find out there husband has married another women behind there back. - A4238471
Author: Adib Qasim - Better than the right thing is one who does it. Keeper of Islamic Studies, Tandoori Roti and Sweet Lassi - U208494

Definitly not for Peer review, but worth reading.

Well I think so anyway, even if your don't so there. <<>>

Adib

An interesting article for someone like me who knows virtually nothing about Islam. From that perspective the stories related just seem so very human. I can't really comment on the content other than that, given my ignorance.

Adib Qasim, it would be advisable to paraphrase the article and the responses, other than your own of course, rather than quote them verbatim. For copyright reasons, and also because of the style of comment in some of the footnotes. That is if you want this to be a permanent entry, and I think the content deserves that it should be. Perhaps with links to the site where the original is? I alsofelt that some of your footnotes, while certainly adding flavour, did detract by getting too personal. You could consider substituting a bit of sarcasm for insult?

For example "Because your a iliterate who does not understand the rights given to women in Islam, thats why you can't understand it you simpleton" with something along the lines of "Some education in the rights given to women in Islam might help your understanding."

Something else that would help, I think, if you want this entry to be a serious rebuttal of that article would be to reference the passages where the Qur'an and the Hadith makes the woman's rights clear.

Thankyou for posting, and for an interesting read.
Waz

Thanks for your input,

I jusst wrote this in a bad mood, and plonked it on here for peolple to read, I'm not that bothered if it gets picked for anything though.
I might make it into a entry at some point, but it will take a lot of work, You see where I say about hadith and Qur'an etc well its not as straight forward as just qouting a verse or two, its a whole jurispondance. Or inother words just describing why it is npot allowed in Islam to do it behind your wifes back has enough information in it to make three entries by its self.

Your right about the footnotes, just letting of steam, this was just a big rant thats all. An I did not have an issue with the stories related, what annoyed me was that the artitcle did not highlight that by doing it behind her back with out seeking her permission is wrong. It just basically said "ok men, youcan marry another woman, just tell your wife before hand so she wont get to shocked."

An its the responce that got me to it. I mean that last guy is dumb. Sorry but he is.

I will work on a bit latter maybe
Thanks.

Adib, can you make a shorter title, the one you have is making the article very difficult to read.

That might be a wise suggestion, which I will get round to doing when my internet lines are re attached to my house. A tornado that went by kinda stole them.

Adib

How close to Kings Heath are you? My aunt and uncle live in Black Heath.

I live in kings heath its self and small heath some days. Both houses are fine just that the one in small heath has no phonelines, tell a lie its fixed now.

my computer was at small heath too, and i did not want to drag it around to kings heath on bus laugh.

Adib

I'm glad everythings OK Adib!