Oh... my... God! (punishment, missionaries, mission, Wahab, muslims)

[sister M]

Originally Posted by Djamila

This is what Wahabbism is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabbism

And a Wahabbi is someone who follows Wahabbism.

The men who did this to her, according to the article, were Saudian Arabian.

Of course this is not a practise of Islam, that has to be pointed out.

If they who have done this terrible thing to this woman and it is said that they are followers of Wahabbism, which truly is a term that I have only come in contact with in Western media, and reading what the website says that you pinpointed to says about it, it cannot be a teaching at all. There is something that is not correct in this.

[maggie2]

This practice is absolutely inhumane and must be stopped.

[Djamila]

Originally Posted by sister M

If they who have done this terrible thing to this woman and it is said that they are followers of Wahabbism, which truly is a term that I have only come in contact with in Western media, and reading what the website says that you pinpointed to says about it, it cannot be a teaching at all. There is something that is not correct in this.

For me it's exactly the opposite. The only people I come across who don't know what Wahabbism is are Wahabbis who are pretending to be completely ignorant of other styles of Islam.

It would be like a Mormon from the United States saying, "What? Mormon? What's that? I've never heard of it... I'm just a Christian."

[jacquie4000]

In places like Egypt this was common practice in the hospital upon birth until I believe 1970 when I believe it was outlawed interesting article.

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Pa...=ia&ID=IA15203

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by Djamila

This is what Wahabbism is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabbism

And a Wahabbi is someone who follows Wahabbism.

Saudis are not Wahabbis and i won't take my religion from wikipedia.

The men who did this to her, according to the article, were Saudian Arabian.

Saudis living in Sandzak?

Where is Sandzak anyway?

[Djamila]

Originally Posted by The Truth

Saudis are not Wahabbis and i won't take my religion from wikipedia.

Saudis living in Sandzak?

Where is Sandzak anyway?

A Sandzak was an Islamic territorial entity (like a state, or a county) during the Ottoman Empire. Today, saying Sandzak refers exclusively to the Sandzak of Novi Pazar.

It is split in half between Serbia and Montenegro:



And is populated mainly by Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims):

[Djamila]

Here is a more detailed map. You can see it used to be a part of the Sandzak of Bosnia - it's the small finger-shaped appendage on the lower right - you can see the city of Novi Pazar located there:

[Mavrikmind]

I agree that practice is disgusting and horrible. I've heard of stories like this one before but I've never really heard of why they do this. How could anyone rationalize something like this ? I know I can't think of any reason.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by sister M

Of course this is not a practise of Islam, that has to be pointed out.

True.

Originally Posted by sister M

If they who have done this terrible thing to this woman and it is said that they are followers of Wahabbism, which truly is a term that I have only come in contact with in Western media

As I said, the term Wahhabi was introduced to me by Muslim friends and colleagues. The Western (or at least American) media is barely aware of it. (It would require a greater interest in Islam than most Americans have.)

We actually studied the Wahhabis in my class on "Religion and Science in Contemporary Islam" which was taught by a Muslim professor (from Indonesia). A quiet but powerfully spiritual man who introduced us to the wonderful works of Al Ghazali, Ibn Sina and others... and also some writings by Wahhabi's like Harun Yaha.

Originally Posted by sister M

and reading what the website says that you pinpointed to says about it, it cannot be a teaching at all. There is something that is not correct in this.

There are Christians who bomb clinics that provide abortions, and they do it in the name of their God. This is not a practice of Christianity, but that doesn't mean the bombers don't think of themselves as Christian.