Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA04591 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:49:19 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.240.222.132] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Rogue Males by Lionel Tiger Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:45:02 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F212SHGxxhe1MRpANHS00003de7@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jan 2002 17:45:02.0584 (UTC) FILETIME=[83743F80:01C1A823] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Rogue Males by Lionel Tiger
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:56:12 -0800
>
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> >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:04:21 +0800
> > memetics@mmu.ac.uk Stephen Springette <tramont@iinet.net.au> Re: Rogue
>Males by Lionel TigerReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >
> >At 10:29 24-01-02 -0500, Scott Chase wrote:
> >
> >>Is there some subtle parallel here between so-called "groupies" lining
>up
> >>for a chance at N-Sync or The Rolling Stones and the harems of the
> >>infamous over there in Afghanistan?
> >
>No, because the parents of the groupies were not in the concert audience to
>arrange their daughters' marriages with the band members, whereas the
>infamous Muslims marry, like the rest of them, according to parental
>arrangement. In most non-Muslim countries, women are not considered
>chattel anymore.
> >
>
>
Can Islam be painted with such a wide brush? Maybe a distinction could be
made between what is Muslim and what is Arab. Are women generally oppressed
within Palestinian, Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian or Turkish cultures?
I have heard of the repugnant honor crimes, but how widespread is this?
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