Little Green Footballs (one of the best blogs around) has the details on an interesting twist on the story about the vile comments by Australia's leading Muslim cleric. "While the highest Islamic authority in Australia spews this kind of sick, deranged hatred, the Federal Police Commissioner says that reporting his statements is “fueling terrorism.” Yes, really."
If you missed the original story, Sheikh Taj Din Al Hilaly said that (in part) "When it comes to adultery, it’s 90 percent the woman’s responsibility. Why? Because a woman owns the weapon of seduction. It’s she who takes off her clothes, shortens them, flirts, puts on make-up and powder and takes to the streets, God protect us, dallying. It’s she who shortens, raises and lowers. Then, it’s a look, a smile, a conversation, a greeting, a talk, a date, a meeting, a crime, then Long Bay jail. Then you get a judge, who has no mercy, and he gives you 65 years. But when it comes to this disaster, who started it? In his literature, writer al-Rafee says, if I came across a rape crime, I would discipline the man and order that the woman be jailed for life. Why would you do this, Rafee? He said because if she had not left the meat uncovered, the cat wouldn’t have snatched it."
If the 65 years comment went over your head, it refers to the brutal gang-rape of an Australian woman by a group of Muslims. This serves as more than an example of how wicked Islam is, however. What's interesting is how it reduces the Muslim male to an animal. The Christian view is that the man is supposed to lead in virtue, and that means resisting temptation. For Muslims, men can't control themselves, so women have to be covered. Now, I'm a proponent of women dressing modestly, but even when they don't, I have a duty to avoid sin myself. For Muslims, men are beasts who can't help raping a woman who doesn't cover herself.
