Water pipes banned for Gaza Women by Hamas
I’m not whole-heartedly surprised in this one but, nonetheless, its still offensive and unfair.
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – The Hamas-run government in Gaza on Sunday said it had banned women from smoking water pipes in public, as fear of the police drove many cafe owners to extinguish the popular pastime.
“The police have decided to ban women from smoking water pipes in open, public places because it is against our customs, traditions and social norms,” interior ministry spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein told AFP.
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Water pipes now? Hookahs? Bongs, too?
I don’t have much to say about this nuttiness except religious extremism has once again gone further than I ever imagined it would. It is any religion in the first place that sets up allowances for these types of extremism. Trying to establish a notion of religion being untouchable from criticism enables ignorant and hateful acts to commence. However this specific brand of misogyny is just getting sicker. I keep waiting for some type of reformation from the Islamic community, if only for the freedom of these women who typically cannot escape their situation. If not from god, at least from the man who physically holds them down.
The old and new testament are not kind to women. It’s kind of a big sticking point for me. Yet, Jews and Christians have still found a way to not demean women, at least not publicly or by law. Many conservative (Christian or Jewish) women in America still spew out the servitude bullshit that vexes the veins under my very skin. While I see no excuse for willingly making yourself subservient because an old books tells you to, it’s still a bit better than what generally goes on in the Islamic community. Ill be here waiting for that Islamic reformation. And I’ll be waiting for a long time.
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