RE: RE: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #386 - 7 msgs

salam,

well i kinda always took that against body multilation like fgm and male circumcision... but that is another discussion :) and the "right" religion referred to here is the one found in the qur'an... where there is no such thing as circumcision, perhaps?
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>From: "y2" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: >Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] RE: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #386 - 7 msgs >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 22:38:12 -0500 > > >Salaams, > >Thanks for the info Laura. That's definitely a possibility. One that seems >more consistent with the rest of the koran. > >As to not altering Gods creation, I think you may be referring to this line >[30.30] Then set your face upright for religion in the right state-- the >nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of >Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know-- > >As I said, I don't know arabic, but when I first read this, it seems God is >saying not to alter the religion. Go
ds creation is the religion of Islam in >this context. > >Yameen > > > Message: 2 > > From: "Bobbe Leviten" > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] RE: > > ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #384 - 8 msgs > > Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:37:59 -0800 > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > AA, > > > > But isn't there some Qur'anic injunction about not altering what Allah > > (swt) created? So I would imagine castration would come under that > > category. I may be wrong. > > > > kh, > > Bobbe > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Laura > > > To: > > > Date: 2/9/2004 7
:26:56 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] RE: > > ProgressiveMuslims digest, > > Vol 1 #384 - 8 msgs > > > > > > 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://wil
lo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims

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