Muslim cleric: Gay sex OK in the service of jihad

"We Are Calling for a New Interpretation of the Koran"

Of course we are not saying the Koran is unfair, but the Koran was interpreted in an unfair way, and we are calling for a new interpretation, or for a renewal of interpretation, in order to build today's Islamic discourse on ethics. We think that this is the core of Islam.For example, the Koran describes the marriage between men and women as something that is based on love and mercy. This is not exactly what you find in fatwas from the old times that describe marriage as a contract – and there are all sorts of conditions that are put in that contract, some fair and some unfair. If you take the essence of the Koranic message, you can renew these contracts and these social norms to make them more equitable, and to give women a greater role in the family and to take care of children's welfare.
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Muslim cleric: Gay sex OK in the service of jihad

This fatwa inspired a man to undertake a suicide operation: Malek Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, the interior minister who placed explosives in his rectum. "Sodomy is forbidden, and not permitted, but jihad takes priority because it makes Islam dominant. And if the dominance of Islam cannot be achieved except through sodomy, then it is OK." I remember that Wahhabis in Kuwait used to smuggle drugs — cocaine from Afghanistan and Pakistan — that the Mujahideen of al-Qaida planted. I read in newspapers every day about the arrest of an Afghani who is smuggling drugs in his rectum. We are at the point where Kuwaitis search Afghanis' and Pakistanis' rectums first, before their luggage.
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Saudi warns non-Muslims: Respect Ramadhan, or else

Otherwise, a statement says, Saudi authorities will cancel violators' ! work con tracts and expel them. The warning came on Friday, the first day of the Ramadhan observance. In addition to Saudi Arabia's 19 million citizens, there are nearly 8 million Asian workers in the country, as well as hundreds of thousands of other foreign expatriates from around the globe, according to government figures.
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