Islam, Religion of Peace (TM)

Looking through the articles listed on Fark.com, I came across this:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21985,24368284-662,00.html

Islamic fundies are thinking about banning the use of bikinis, forcing women to wear more modest swimwear on the beaches.

Now it may be because I'm a male, but I don't see the harm in bikinis. They cover the important parts after all.

I bring this up because one person made this comment:

Islam: The fear that someone, somewhere, is happy.

Looking at the current situation in the world with the Islamic nations, this seems to be the case. Look at everything they've ever done.

1. Discriminated women. God forbid women be happy and pursue their dreams to become doctors or scientists. God forbid they walk out in the streets and reveal (GASP) an ankle or their face. I find it amusing that they pretend that women don't have the capability to be successful, when right next door they have Israel about to be lead by a woman for a second time (thats two more than the liberal USA). And around them, the civilized nations in Europe and North America, women are free to pursue their dreams and are just as successful as men.

2. Iran's ayatollahs have banned simple pleasures like rock music and dancing. Throwing a party and having a good time, it appears, is a sin. People should be super serious and pray to Allah all the time and have no other enjoyments.

3. The bikini issue in Bali. Apparently the tourist trade in Indonesia can suffer. Its one of their few sources of income, but hey, as long as the Muslims are happy right?

So what gets into Islamofascists that gets them so ornery any time someone is happy? I just don't understand why they seem to have a hard time with just enjoying life and letting people live it. Perhaps if they'd join the 21st century with the rest of us, they'd realize happy people aren't really that bad. And perhaps they'll find out that if they can be civil and stop being so belligerent to the western nations that we'd be happy to be friends with them and help them out.

But instead, they'd rather execute women who accidently show an ankle and send suicide bombers at people who just want a fair democracy. The United States of America suffers a bit from bible-thumping baptists who make the same complaints that the fundementalist islamics do, but we get the pleasure of ignoring them. Unfortunately, the fundies control life in most muslim countries and get quite upset whenever someone is happy.

I don't think I'll ever understand why religion drives people to do insane things. Yet another reason why religion needs to go.

J Kuhl Signing Off