Keep on criminalizing all of life’s pleasures as Indonesia has just done and you will find many more sensible Muslims leaving Islam along with all the others.
One of the problems with Islam is that it is stuck in the past; another, is that all is permissible behind high four walls. Do what the hell you like, just don’t get caught in flagrante delicto. Islam is a religion which encourages hypocrisy. Drink all the Johnnie Walker Black Label or Absolut. vodka you want, engage in gay love. Do what the hell you like. But whatever you do, don’t, for heaven’s sake, get caught in the act!
Back in the day, when I worked in the Middle East, I saw more Johnnie Walker Black Label in Saudi Arabia than I had ever seen in the West! (Or since.) In Saudi, those who wish to procure scotch don’t buy it by the bottle, but by the case! Twelve bottles at a time! Such is life under the Shari’ah! Two adult men falling in love and conducting a gay relationship is an offence worthy of execution in many Islamic countries. But they are cool with old men falling in love with young girls! For example, in Iran, a young girl can marry at the tender age of thirteen; and she can marry an old man, too! No worries! But in the very same country, two gay adult, conselnting men are killed. And they call such a system a theocracy. Who the hell would wish to pray to that god? Try and make sense of it all!
Of course our politicians, all of whom lack courage, are bereft of balls, and are more interested in money and contracts. They do and say nothing about these appalling hypocritical inconsistencies. But then, what can we expect? Money and power corrupts. – © Mark Alexander
