This week, we've discussed about Culture differences in some countries. Many cultures have millenary traditions such as: Japanese culture, Chinese culture, Indian culture and the Muslin culture just to mention some. As the Muslin world is quite different from the reality we are accustomed in Brazil, it is important to have a look at some cultural aspects on these people.The term Muslim world (or Islamic world) has several meanings. In a cultural sense it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. This community numbers about 1.3-1.5 billion people, roughly one-fifth of the world population. This community is spread across many different nations and ethnic groups connected only by religion.
ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
1) Wives are considered the sexual property of their husbands.
Qur'an 2:223 Your wives are a tilth (cultivated land) for you, so go into your tilth when you like, and send beforehand for yourselves.
2) Muslim wives are to be totally dependent and obedient to their husbands.
Qur'an 4:34 Men are the maintainers of women, with what Allah has made some of them to excel others and with what they spend out of their wealth. So the good women are obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded. And those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the beds and chastise them. So if they obey you, seek not a way against them.
3) Men can divorce and remarry the same women many times.
Qur'an 2:230 So if he divorces her (the third time), she shall not be lawful to him afterwards until she marries another husband. If he divorces her, there is no blame on them both if they return to each other (by marriage), if they think that they can keep within the limits of Allah. And these are the limits of Allah which He makes clear for a people who know.
4) Men can marry up to four women if they can support them currently.
Qur'an 4:3 And if you fear that you cannot do justice to orphans, marry such women as seem good to you, two, or three, or four; but if you fear that you will not do justice, then marry only one or that which your right hands possess. This is more proper that you may not do injustice.
5) Childbearing Muslim women should be fully covered in public.
Qur'an 24:31 And say to the believing women that they lower their gaze and restrain their sexual passions and do not display their adornment except what appears thereof. And let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms. And they should not display their adornment except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or guileless male servants, or the children who know not women's nakedness. And let them not strike their feet so that the adornment that they hide may be known. And turn to Allah all, O believers, so that you may be successful.
6) Only old women can go out in public without being fully covered.
Qur'an 24:60 And women past childbearing, who hope not for marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their clothes without displaying their adornment. And if they are modest, it is better for them.
MUSLIM FORBIDDEN FOODS
1) Faithful Muslims cannot eat bacon or sausage for breakfast in the name of Jesus Christ.
Qur'an 2:173 He has forbidden you only what dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked.
2) Faithful Muslims cannot eat a ham sandwich for lunch in the name of Jesus Christ.
Qur'an 5:3 Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, and the strangled animal, and that beaten to death, and that killed by a fall, and that killed by goring with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten - except what you slaughter; and that which is sacrificed on stones set up for idols, and that you seek to divide by arrows; that is a transgression.
3) Faithful Muslims cannot eat pork chops for dinner in the name of Jesus Christ.
Qur'an 6:146 Say, I find not in that which is revealed to me nothing forbidden for an eater to eat thereof, except that it be what dies of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine - for that surely is unclean - or what is a transgression, other than the name of Allah having been invoked on it.
4) Faithful Muslims will starve unless the food is blessed in the name of Allah only.
Qur'an 16:115 He has forbidden you only what dies of itself and blood and the flesh of swine and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked.
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
1) Allah is the only true god and Islam is the only true religion.
Qur'an 3:82 Seek they then other than Allah's religion? And to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned.
2) Islam will prevail over all religions, cultures, and countries.
Qur'an 9:33 He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religions, though the polytheists are averse.
3) Muslims are warned against converting to Christianity.
Qur'an 3:99 O you who believe, if you obey a party from among those who have been the Book (the Bible), they will turn you back as disbelievers after your belief.
Note: Anyone who abandons Islam faces the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.
4) Religious dialog with Muslims will be almost impossible.
Qur'an 61:8-9 They (Christian apologists) desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths (not with guns), but Allah will perfect His light, though the disbelievers may be averse. He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion, that He may make it overcome the religions, all of them, though the polytheists may be averse.
12 comments:
Well, the Muslim world it's really very different of what we are accustomed in Brazil.
I respect the cultures of the Muslim, certain things I find very interesting, but he has other things that I find very strange. As for example, the Muslim men can be married with many women, It's very stranger, but it is the culture of them, and i respect.
the Muslim world is fantastic . I like some customs one example is to marry more than one woman . i think the Muslim culture is the most interesting becouse it is very different from Brazilian culture.
Dude, Muslim culture was not well accepted in Brazil. There women have no freedom to do almost anything, are only servants of their husbands.
What would be the food of Brazilians without bacon ?! :]
And still on top they do not respect other religions and for them, Islam is the only true religion.
The culture muslim is very diferent but we've far this culture. Some people do not like much of Islamic culture and not the other people I think they should think that some people believe in different things and it does not matter whether they are Muslims.
As the text says is a culture very different from Brazilian culture. Women should obey their husbands, a fact that in Brazil would be Marxism.
His eating habits following a pattern very different religious. I think the marriage of men with up to four women a little shame, but respect.
I don't like Muslin culture. The womens are very repressed, don't have any liberty. I really don't like. And a man can marry with more then one woman is so absurd. I guess I'd kill the oders wives. hahaha.
I don't like the Muslim culture. In my opinion it's very oppressive,the womans are submissive to man. About the religion,in my opinion the people are free for believe in that want,but it's their culture and them are created to follow this culture.
The Muslin World ia not well accept in Brasil.
I think an absurd the womans are submissives. I desagree, but I respect because it is part of the Muslim World.
Taene Assis.
kkkkkk...The rules are funny, women don't have anyone advantage, while the man have all possibles. I think I will change of country... kkkkk fun.I'm talking serious now. This kind of text is very important for know cultures of countries.
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I disagree with those roles, because we are in the 21 century and the women are independent.But I respect the culture, and I think that is very important has a religion.
Muslim customs are fantastic, but only for them. This rules don't apply here in Brazil, we're so much more modern than they. People there think that women are slaves and have to do everything for them. The religion is so interesting, because they have so many rules that are unbelievable, but this is they're culture and we have to respect that.
well, this culture is very different.
If change rules, Muslin to Brazil, everything's change:
. The "cafagestes" will disappear;
. "Chifre" only on the women;
. Divorcee went finish , if of this problem the woman she lost the turn.
I believes as with the "globalização" this culture already she shifted and it will be changing far more.
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