I know there are a number of Muslim comedians both in Australia and around the world. Good luck to them because if ever a religion needed to poke a bit of fun at itself, Islam is it.
Any Muslim humorist has his or her work cut out. At a scriptural level there are numerous forbidding entries regarding laughter in the Koran and associated texts.
The Hadith says, “Do not laugh too much, for laughing too much deadens the heart.”
Potentially this means any Muslim who uses the laugh out loud acronym is looking at an apostasy charge and in grimmer corners of Islam like Saudi Arabia this has probably already happened.
The Hadith also puts the brakes on satire, too. “Woe to the one who speaks and tells lies in order to make the people laugh; woe to him, woe to him.”
Iran’s mullah, the Shi’ite cleric Ayatollah Khomeini said Islam was a joke free religion. There was not a laugh to be had according to Khomeini. One look at that grizzled visage and you just knew he hadn’t cracked it for a giggle in a very long time, if at all.
Full column here.
RE: Milton says:
February 23, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Milton,
Many it appears disagree.
I find the reaction of some to the ‘Umpire’s’ decision to be awkward!!
Are we only to accept the decision when it benefits ‘Labour and Labor’?
Of course it is ancient history who actually initiated this particular Inquiry (BS himself sees no irony) and given the three year deliberations to which it is alleged Labor did not make a submission and the background and composition of the actual tribunal members; just how can the current screaming be credible?
I also note Dr Henry is giving both (all) sides a serve re our dismal political culture and our descent into the next ‘Recession We Have to Have’.
Sad really!!
RE: Wraith says:
February 23, 2017 at 12:48 pm
The man is the bloody anti Christ Bella. Rightful king of the world.
Maybe someone will kill him, I’d pray for that.
Ms W,
Just think about that for a moment longer.
Turning this Oaf into a political Martyr and precipitating a real gun-toting and probable shooting political civil-war hardly demonstrates a commitment to democracy!!
Why not let the Oaf have his ‘democratic’ way and then hold him to account for his outcomes?
As I have said previously this unedifying dummy-spit is fraught.
Interestingly, I see that the Democrat Party is busy rendering itself un-electable by allowing Sanders to gain control of the Party machine. Trump must be loving it as will his ‘Party Backroom Boys’.
Animals plmo, as soon as you start hurting animals Im going to go bunt. Cant help it. If you are cruel to animals then you are sub-human to me. And as there is no satan to stick it to him, perhaps we can before someone does the decent thing for the planet and off’s him. Holding him to account? Like the arch bishops?
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Too late once everything is shot dead dont you think?
Absolutely Wraith.
America has bagged itself a monster.
The penalty rate slow down will be a boost for employment for many and an increase for profits for small businesses and a huge benefit for us who like to eat and drink on sundays, public holidays etc. A win win for all.
Except me the worker you thoughtless mongrel I depend on penalty rates to keep out of the poor house.
nope
Milton, a “win win” that’s for sure. The price of a weekend coffee and a crumpet may stabilise . I reckon even the latte sippers will be rejoicing.
Know what I mean?
There is not one skerrick of evidence that employers will run out and start employing people. They didn’t in Europe and the UK. They will just trouser the extra bread. Ditto for the unfunded $50billion The Looters want to shower Big Business with. I heard a young mother with 2 kids phone talkback radio to say the penalty rate cut will cost her nearly $5000 a year. They are dividing workers, the UnFair Commission. Why? Police nurses etc get to keep their penalty rates. That is not right. They are probably on much bigger salaries with a defined benefit pension at the end of their lifelong gig than those who wait on tables….BAH!
And a lose, lose for the workers who depend on penalty rates to stay on top of the bills. I hope you actually don’t think small business will employ extra staff with this windfall.
Gotta hand it to this rancid government, in one week they lecture young people on getting a well paying job to buy a house then rip them off any way they can.
I hate to think what disadvantaged group they’ll gouge next to make up for running protection for their big corporate donors & maintaining negative gearing’s legal rorts that make the rich much richer.
Australia is fracturing into the haves and the have-nots.
It’s the only way conservative governments operate & it’s harming our once inclusive society.
Bella
Geez you’re a smart bastard, Milton. I heard you weren’t good at maths and accounting at school, but despite that you still have a pragmatic understanding of the basics. You’ve no doubt been aware of the pay rates in places like asia, the uk and the usa. You’ve no doubt compared and contrasted the overpriced, or inaccessible, dining or drinking options in oz on a Sunday or public holiday. Thank goodness they have put an end to this discrimination. Love your work son, and if i’m not mistaken are you getting better looking as you age?
And here’s a fair comment in support, you handsome bugger.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/face-it-penalty-rates-are-a-hangover-from-a-bygone-era-20170223-gujmeu.html
Anybody who can afford to sit around posing and sipping coffee on the weekend can afford to pay an extra dollar for a cuppa! You tightarsed mean sods.
Agree Milton. I think there are many around – such as students, older folk, (especially those now having to look for employment), and many others who for various reasons would be thrilled to get the chance to earn at regular rates over weekends.
“I think” You think? Are you sure you think?
Sunday for “older folk” has less value than it does for “quality folk?”
Actually I do think JB. And I am of the opinion that it is a good move.
name one
Jay Weather-Ill dismisses BHP’s concerns about power reliability in the State by saying “well they are a coal company”.
He chooses to ignore the $137 million loss incurred by BHP Olympic Dam in the major outage last year. He chooses to ignore the biggest employer in the State. He chooses to claim there have been three outages since last July, when it is actually eight. He ignores the fact BHP produces copper, gold and uranium in SA, no coal. He chooses to ignore the contribution BHP makes to he State’s coffers and stoutly refuses to concede weakness with the 50% RET obsession. He fought like hell to “save SA” in the submarine tender, then ignores the fact the corporation will now need to build its own power plant. The man is an out of control idiot.
Before you start Wraith, I’m not having a go at SA the State, or its people. Wonderful place I’m coming down to visit in a few weeks and always enjoy it. I weep for what the good people of SA have to put up with from this gerimandering collection of incompetents.
Lou oTOD….for a while I thought you were talking about one of those American chappies, you know like Conroy Whittlebum III, then I realized you were talking about the SA Premier! I do agree with you though, the man appears to be a bit of a goose, but they don’t seem to be able to get rid of him. Even my normally left-leaning sister votes against him, but can’t quite bring herself to vote for the Liberals. I think politics in SA is something that most people don’t think about, they just know that all their politicians are awful and then go on enjoying life . Much like the Northern Territory….until the government there got so bad, they voted everyone out and started again.
As I said I love SA, even Port Augusta which has done so much now to improve the visitors experience, we will stay there again this year, instead of driving straight through it. Enjoy your time there, I know we will.
Wraith…..how about Coffin Bay in May/June…is there a song I should be singing?
Ah funny that got you Penny, I thought the same when I typed it. Maybe ill would have been better if only spellcheck didn’t take over. I’m beginning to think it’s worse than Siri, that smartness woman in my phone. God forbid they made three versions of Jay Weatherill, the first two must have been seriously faulty.
The gerrymander means they can hang in there with about a 4% deficit in the TPP vote. Joh would have been proud of that.
Let’s not invoke NT comparisons, I’m not sure whether that lot are troppo or pissed, maybe both with a little weed thrown in.
And most of the time Pelican Point is kept off line. I don’t understand why, if we have a problem, why not fire her up? It’s so disorganised. Unfortunately, this is what happens when you sell off state owned assests. The money is spent and then…. And then the scalpers move in, free market power supply. Mayhem.
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If any of the other states still have theirs owned by the people I strongly suggest they hang on to them. That is the only lesson here, not that renewables can’t hack it, it’s a circus if you sell off control.
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Ps hope you enjoy SA, big sky country.
The AEMO says BHP did NOT have an outage. Their contract as the biggest user of electricity had them down grade some operations as per their contract. Now tell me again did the Aluminium producer in NSW have a blackout or down grade in operations?
The coalition get their wish to further reduce the income of those doing the toughest. Less wages, less spending less taxation revenue. Shrinking economy. Record low wages growth reductions in real terms. Tax cuts for the wealthy, tax cuts for corporations announcing record profits and in Shells case and many others paying No tax. $1 billion dollars subsidies to coal companies whose structure makes it impossible to know who will actually pay back the money if at all, cuts to welfare for the poorest, cuts to health cuts education. Economy shrinking. When does this treacle down theory start to work. Oh thats right is does NOT. disgraceful.
RE: Jean Baptiste says:
February 22, 2017 at 5:55 pm
JB,
I fully understand; coming from the Sacred Cur, Happy-Clappy, Charismatic, Evangelical, Dancing in the Aisles sliver of the spectrum it must be hard to envisage and embrace the Hard-Yakka of rigorous academic critique!!
I must say my disappointment is more with my own judgement. Here was I thinking that within our Congregation you had a multiple of ‘true believers’ willing to devote their time to your welfare; alas only CotC signed up!!
Leaving you like a Shag on a Rock, alone to fight the good fight; run the long race and keep the ever evaporating faith!!
Give’m Heaps!!
Religion and rigorous academic critique has to be the mother of all oxymoron’s surely?
You old God botherer, you are so addled by the dogma you cant see the blindingly obvious in that the majority would never encourage me to fall into the clutches of that crazy atavistic organisation! Getting CoTC to sign up to anything is something I would absolutely not put on my CV!
“Shag on a Rock?” Bollocks, I’m a beacon! “Evaporating faith”, we don’t do faith at the Sacred Cur PLMO, none of that hocus pocus nonsense.
We promise absolutely that our clients will go directly to heaven , and guarantee it. All monies refunded plus interest if they are denied paradise. Not one claim yet!
Our in house medium Mrs Sarah Smith reports thousands of endorsements from those who have passed, completely satisfied with their accommodation.
There is the occasional slight expression of regret that some did not opt for the Platinum or Diamond packages but when made aware of this their survivors inevitably stump up with the extra cash.
Match that service and after sales care , you old frauds. When you finally begin to offer a more reliable and honest service, whatever your advertised price we will beat it by 10%.
God Bless You. If your faith wavers, we’ll see you right.
More corporate rent seeking. No Surprises.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/02/21/bluescope-says-we-have-an-energy-catastrophe-but-they-helped-create-it/
Westy tells it like is. Check out the huge cost of consultants when the Public Service is gutted by the coalition each time. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
http://www.michaelwest.com.au/australias-march-to-corporatocracy/
Now this is precisely the sort of leadership that Talcum Turnbull should be showing:
http://www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/icelands-president-wants-to-ban-pineapple-from-pizza-20170221-guid77
Here’s an excellent example of why you don’t take activists’ word for anything without checking:
http://news.opera-api.com/news/detail/02a91dbeabeb6f9cebb3de75e65dd275
People have apparently been changing their travel plans to the west coast of the US because of this. If you go to NOAA, you’ll find that this is actually a map of wave amplitudes after the earthquake (which they claim occurred in Chile!)
Buyer beware.
Buyer beware Trivalve?
If you seriously don’t believe the Fukushima fallout is a global disaster that warrants international response then you are quite wrong.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/this-planet/fallout-from-fukushima-a_b_9620368.html
The HP is not what I ‘d deem a ‘greenie’ newspaper but if you feel you must bag activists, rather than face the cold reality of Japan’s failure to contain this disaster alone, then go your hardest.
As for folks changing their destination, honestly, I know a few women (not activists) of childbearing years who have certainly changed their travel plans this year solely because nobody, including doctors, actually knows how much damage high levels of leaking radiation will do to the DNA of a developing foetus. I’m with them one hundred percent and add that there should be widespread global media reporting of this apt & very sobering advice.
Boycotting Japan is particularly high on my bucket list anyways.
Crazy times ahead for the planet.
Bella, I am not trying to say there was no fallout or contamination from Fukushima. I am saying that I don’t trust non-credible activist outfits. Sadly, I don’t trust many of them at all, because this is the sort of duplicitous junk that they tend to trade in – not usually as blatant as this mind you. They took a map of wave heights with bright, hot colours, covering the entire Pacific Ocean and stated that it was mapping the spread of *radiation*. That is a patent, scurrilous, MASSIVE lie. I also included the link to the NOAA map which actually does show the spread. read what they say about it. The dispersal into the largest ocean on Earth means that there is not the remotest increased danger to the west coast of the USA.
It all brings this to mind: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Fukushima was a very, very serious disaster, I’m well aware of it. i have never been a fan of nuclear power (from uranium), but I am vehemently opposed to lies and outright bullshit. It helps no-one.