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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sic Luceat Lux: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Exiled: [qb]To state that Islam is incapable of fostering ethical behavior in individuals is erroneous.[/qb][/QUOTE]I never said that Islam was incapable of [i]fostering[/i] ethnical behaviour. I said it was incapable of [i]making[/i] people behave more ethnical. You may think I'm quibbling, but there is a distinction. Islam [i]does[/i] prescribe many positive habits and behaviours to it's adherents, but whether these same adherents follow it is another matter entirely. Thats what I was getting at. Religion can only prescribe; it cannot force or make people behave any differently than how they are already inclined however. Case in point, there has been countless immoral acts committed under the banner of Islam throughout the centuries.. And Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, is considered by many to be amongst the most immoral and corrupt nations on the planet. Where does it begin and where does it end? [QUOTE][qb]Egypt is also not the only nation that is ‘more Islamic’ today, other nations are also ‘more Islamic’ today including the vast majority of Arab states.[/qb][/QUOTE]Indeed, but my point in raising this, was that [i]despite[/i] Egypt's greater religious status today, the sexual harassment problem has only become worse. It has not improved at all by most accounts. [QUOTE][qb]Yet this hideous behavior is practically more or less an Egyptian phenomenon. I once thought that poverty played a major role but I do not longer feel this way because there are other Muslim nations that suffer worse poverty yet their males don’t exhibit such vile behavior as Egyptian males.[/qb][/QUOTE]Hmmm I'm not so sure Egypt is the only Arab nation where this behaviour is commonplace. It is the worst in this regard perhaps, but not the only one I think. I remember when I was in Kuwait many years ago, myself, another guy and three western women went downtown to do some shopping and sight seeing. One of the females was blonde haired and blue eyed, and the other two were brunettes. None of them were what I'd call hot or gorgeous, but they were fairly attractive. With that said, the local men had more than a passing interest in them. They followed us throughout the bazaar, and even when we were in our vehicle, they would bang on the windows and proclaim their love for these foreign women.. Some guys even asked for their hand in marriage by saying,"I marry you!" More telling than asking, but you get the point :D Then we went jet skiing in Kuwait harbor, and the other guy managed to capsize the jet ski he was on by doing fancy tricks with it. Then for compensation, the guy who ran the jet ski operation wanted us to [b]SELL[/b] one of the females to him :eek: [QUOTE][qb]Suggesting western ideals such as desegregation of the sexes is a silly notion given the fact that Egypt is 90% Muslim and 50% illiterate.[/qb][/QUOTE]If Egypt had less sexual harassment a few decades ago when it was more secular than religious, what does this say? [QUOTE][qb]Most muslim nations are in fact segregated yet this harassment phenomena does not exists in those nations. Neither segregation nor economic hardships are excuses in other Muslim nations and they shouldn’t be excuses for the way Egyptian males are behaving. [/qb][/QUOTE]It all depends on the level of segregation. Saudi Arabia being the most segregated, while Lebanon perhaps being the least. Egypt seems to be somewhere in the middle. Like I said earlier though, it's a complex problem with many underlying factors not easily addressed. ~Alistair [/QB][/QUOTE]
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