Re: RE: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #384 - 8 msgs
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Feb 2004 23:19:58 -0800
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salam, laura, i don't know about castrated folks but the verse is more likely referring to 'mukhanneth' -- males ... who were not sexually threat to women more or less because they were not considered "rijjal" (i.e, males who have sexual desires for women.) afdhere Afdhere Jama Editorial Director HURIYAH Publications S A N F R A N C I S C O [email protected] http://www.huriyahmag.com >From: "Laura" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: >Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] RE: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #384 - 8 msgs >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:35:15 -0500 > >Salaam Alaikum, > >I believe those male servants may have been castrati. Wasn't it a custom to >have boys castrated at a somewhat young age so that they would become >servants and later guardians of wives? > >This is only based on a book I read of a member of the royal family in Saudi >Arabia who described at length one such servant living on her grounds. > >Laura Hussain > > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing list >[email protected] >http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailm an/listinfo/progressivemuslims ---------- Choose now from 4 levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - no more account overload!