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Showing posts with label Culture - Arab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture - Arab. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Mickey Mouse ... Should Be Killed?












A former Saudi diplomat-turned cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Munajid, has described Walt Disney cartoon character Mickey Mouse as ‘one of Satan’s soldiers’ who turns everything around it impure.



According to Islamic law, the mouse is a repulsive, corrupting creature. How do you think children view mice today — after Tom and Jerry? Even creatures that are repulsive by nature, by logic, and according to Islamic law have become wonderful and are loved by children. Even mice. Mickey Mouse has become an awesome character, even though according to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases,” ...


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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Arab Traditions: Marry One's Cousin ... Hide The Children?


A Palestinian couple locked their disabled kids in two urine-stained rooms for forty years because they were afraid the children would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child, police has revealed.


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