Islamic Cleric Issues Fatwa Against Smoking
Having been to Jordan, I know how much Arabs enjoy smoking, including pious Muslims. Now according to their religious laws, smoking is illegal. Will that stop them from smoking or move them toward a more progressive form of Islam?
From Reuters here:
Muslims who smoke and try to portray themselves as pious are worse than cows which defecate in the street, a top Malaysian Muslim cleric and politician said.
Recently, Indonesia’s top Islamic body passed a fatwa or ruling banning smoking. Malaysia’s top Islamic body has also banned smoking.
Despite the ban in Malaysia, where over half the population of 27 million is Muslim, 50 percent of the male population smokes.
And of course, if anyone is to be punished for violating this law it will be the women first.
They will not stop smoking. You think Jordan was bad with it. Ha! Visit Saudi.
Just curious if you noticed how many muslims were sitting in the bars throwing back chilly ones? Just because it is against their religion doesn’t seem to stop them.
BT,
There were a bunch of Muslims, and it was mostly a sausage festival.
That said, however, I don’t begrudge any man a drink. To me, that is the normal working of a modern society. Same with smoking. The more that Muslims reject the idiotic fatwas and embrace a normal society, the happier I am. I will be even more happy when they treat their women with better respect.