Comments on: Saudis in Beijing

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:50:10 +0000

Women in Islam are not be allowed to take part in a sport where men other than their mahrams can see them. However, Muslim men and women alike, WAKE UP! Do you think that it is permissible for Muslim men to put themselves in the kind of environment where they can see ‘half-naked’ women playing sports (or standing on the side-lines)??!!! Do you think that they can go to the Olympics and avoid looking at women who are not covered and who come into their line of view (like the cheerleaders)? It is HARAM and it is hypocritical to the extreme!

By: Amal

Amal — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:35:36 +0000

I don’t get why you would say you wear “hijab” with tight fitting clothes…why are these women destroying the true purpose of hijab? She might as well wear tight shorts (the bahraini) girl if she is going to wear something that tight and call it modest.

The prophet Muhammad(pbuh) said a day will come when muslims will follow kafirs in anything they do. It’s happening today my friends, and that is why 1 in 5 people in the world is muslim today and we don’t have any power.

By: Lucreza Borgia

Lucreza Borgia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:32:10 +0000

There WAS a Saudi woman in the Olympics.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/17/AR2008081702539.html

By: heraish

heraish — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:56:15 +0000

Thanks for the info. I wish him all the best!

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:54:19 +0000

Yes, he is Shia.

By: heraish

heraish — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:16:01 +0000

Hussain taher al saba has won the long jump competition at the zurich meet today. i was just wondering if he is a shii. Out of curiosity more then anything else.

By: hishmaj

hishmaj — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:37:24 +0000

oh come on, muslimah…..
men are not that bad!!!!

mairead, nice to know you are very interested. hope you get the right info and as muslimah said, dont judge the whole religion from a saudi perspective. there is more to it.

By: mairead

mairead — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:56:59 +0000

muslimah, naive, lol, maybe. maybe not :)

i will agree to disagree with you anyway…i genuinely don’t think men are that bad. maybe just starved as INAL contends! Clearly covering doesnt make a difference anyway, by some accounts.

thanks for the links, I will peruse with interest

By: muslimah

muslimah — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:11:55 +0000

I want to let you know please don’t judge Islam by saudi blogs (saudis dont represent Islam) or any comments made on here. the following links might be of use. check them out

islam101.com/
http://www.turntoislam.com/
http://www.islam-guide.com/
muhammad.net/
http://www.shareislam.com/
http://www.whyislam.org/

By: muslimah

muslimah — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:09:48 +0000

mairead. I appreciate your interest in Islam:-)

“however the one feeling I would like to express in relation to all this is that I think it is a shame that womens bodies are seen to be so provocative, that even when it comes to sport, the prevailing image should be that people (or rather men, as referred to here) would initially have lust for them, rather than just looking at the sport itself.”

I don’t remember where exactly, but there was this report in news regarding tennis that guys actually are more interested in seeing women’s body than the sport itself. I wasn’t surprized..let’s admit it. ..i’m going to be really blunt..guy’s get *visually stimulated* whereas women are more on the emotional side. it’s nothing to be ashamed of.. just the way we’ve been created..normal anatomy, you know.
In Islam, a woman is honored. She’s required to cover herself for her own benefit. No man, but her husband has the right to see her beauty. (I guess men should be happy abt that too!)

” can men really not think of a woman as anything other than a sex object if they can see the outline of a breast, or long hair?”

if they do otherwise, something’s wrong with them ;-) ok, the good men will show respect and look away..but most of them DO get attracted..ask any guy yourself.

“Am I on a different playing field, or am I just naive about the strength of lust in people’s minds?!”

I choose naive :p