Is it true that muslims prefure

[yassa]

I have heard many many times that muslim men like women for babies and men for fun, if you catch my drift. I have been told it is because mohamed was born of a man,, is any of this true?

[scatty mare]

Is that an attempt at a wind-up, by any chance?

[yassa]

Not at all... I have been told it many times,, i have chosen in the past to disbelieve it, but why not ask and find out.

[Simeon]

I have heard that before, So Yassa it's not just you

[Ethel]

There are homosexuals in all cultures and creeds.

The Islamic faith does not approve of it, and the act is forbidden to devout Muslims.


Ancient Romans apparently had the mindset you refer to, though.

[Xanthippe]

In western society, two men holding hands as they walk along a street is viewed as a sign of effeminacy. When western empires expanded around the world, people began to encounter different cultural traditions and mis interpreted many of them.

In Arab countries and many African cultures the holding of hands by men as they walk is considered an act of friendship, trust and respect and no more.

http://www.royalarchive.com/index.php?option=c om_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=2

The attached site shows a picture of President Bush holding hands with Crown Prince Abdullah. Many Americans were shocked by the photograph, but it was merely the Crown Prince's way of showing he trusted and respected the president.

[Zen]

Very much mistaken about Bush then?

[Grunty]

Whilst in an Arab country last year, I was told that Arab women marry between the ages of 16 and 22. The men marry in their late twenties and early thirties. The religion requires them treat other people's sisters/daughters with the same respect that they accord to their own. This leaves the question of what the men do in their teens and twenties. Apart from finding gullible Western women, the men often form very close relationships with other men. It does not always lead to what we would call a homosexual relationship. The person who told me this had a thorough knowledge of the Arab world but was a Catholic and lived in Israel. I suppose that could be called impartial.

[luckyeight]

I never cease to be amazed by how many ppl on this site have a problem with questions being asked! Get over it! If you don't like a question why bother harrassing the person asking it? Just move on to another thread. This is not an attempt at a wind up either by the way.

[scatty mare]

If your comment was directed at me, luckyeight, you can get off your high horse. I didn't have a problem with the question, I genuinely thought it was a wind-up. No harm in asking a question is there??

[jno]

any question suggesting that Mohammad was born of a man has got to sound like a wind-up, so I can't see why scatty mare shouldn't be entitled to say so. Nobody is born of men, okay? Not in any religion.

[luckyeight]

"No harm in asking a question is there?" -
You wouldn't have thought so scatty mare, apart from the fact that most of mine get banned.... ;)