Breastfeeding Fatwa: Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding

[SirJosephPorter]

Well, the Islamic clerics are at it again, issuing fatwas right and left. Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives.

"The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."

[FONT=&quot]But his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman's breast.

[/FONT] Shortly after the two sheiks weighed in on the matter, a bus driver in the country's Eastern Region reportedly told one of the female teachers whom he drives regularly that he wanted to suckle milk from her breast. The teacher has threatened to file a lawsuit against him.

It seems Islam gets weirder, more extreme, more vicious every day.

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding - AOL News

 

[Colpy]

Well, the Islamic clerics are at it again, issuing fatwas right and left. Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives.

"The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."

[FONT=&quot]But his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman's breast.[/FONT]

Shortly after the two sheiks weighed in on the matter, a bus driver in the country's Eastern Region reportedly told one of the female teachers whom he drives regularly that he wanted to suckle milk from her breast. The teacher has threatened to file a lawsuit against him.

It seems Islam gets weirder, more extreme, more vicious every day.

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding - AOL News

A post from SJP that I completely agree with!!!!

Hell is indeed getting cool.

 

[Kreskin]

"The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman,"

Takes all the fun out of it.

 

[Machjo]

Well, the Islamic clerics are at it again, issuing fatwas right and left. Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives.

"The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."

[FONT=&quot]But his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman's breast.

[/FONT] Shortly after the two sheiks weighed in on the matter, a bus driver in the country's Eastern Region reportedly told one of the female teachers whom he drives regularly that he wanted to suckle milk from her breast. The teacher has threatened to file a lawsuit against him.

It seems Islam gets weirder, more extreme, more vicious every day.

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding - AOL News

Nothing to do with Islam. If it's not in the Qur'an or the ahadith, then it's but one man's interpretation.

 

[clutch]

this is hilarious

 

[Machjo]

this is hilarious

It's insane.

 

[clutch]

by the way, i'm in agreement with Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini

 

[Machjo]

by the way, i'm in agreement with Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini

If the woman's your wife I take it... I hope.8O

I ain't takin' no breastmilk from friends and relatives.8O

 

[Cliffy]

I love breast milk. I think I'm going to convert. Yippy!!!!

 

[Machjo]

The thing is though that some will assume that all Muslims worship these clerics. Now I'm sure there are some who blindly follow these clerics just as there are some who blindly follow their local priest, reverend or rabbi. But others are literate enough to read their sacred text for themselves and come up to their own conclusion.

We shouldn't confuse a cleric's fatwa with Islam.

 

[Kreskin]

I'm all for creating a friendlier society.

 

[Machjo]

I love breast milk. I think I'm going to convert. Yippy!!!!

I'll call you a Huwainiist.:lol:

 

[Kreskin]

Is it anything like Dairyland 2% partly skimmed?

 

[Machjo]

I'm all for creating a friendlier society.

Hmmm... by having friends and relative sucking on extended family nipples?:lol:

 

[earth_as_one]

I agree this is both hilarious and insane. But does anyone here seriously believe this viewpoint is shared by a majority of Muslims? I'm sure we could start many threads on hilarious and insane opinions held by a few Christians or Jews.

 

[Machjo]

Is it anything like Dairyland 2% partly skimmed?

I drink soy, but hey, I wonder how breast milk would sell on the market.

 

[Kreskin]

Hmmm... by having friends and relative sucking on extended family nipples?:lol:

Ya, something like that (less the relatives).

 

[Machjo]

I agree this is both hilarious and insane. But does anyone here seriously believe this viewpoint is shared by a majority of Muslims? I'm sure we could start many threads on hilarious and insane opinions held by a few Christians or Jews.

Sure we could, but if it's not in the Bible its not Jewish; if it's not in the Gospel, it's not Christian; and so if it's not in the Qur'an or ahadith, then it's not Muslim.

Anything other is mere interpretation.

Ya, something like that (less the relatives).

At an office get-together?

By the way, did he define how close the relationship had to be?

Now too, considering that Islam also holds to the ten commandments, which include adultery, how do these clerics defend sucking directly on the breasts of anyone other than your wife? Or do they just take adultery narrowly to mean copulation, and all else is OK? But then, how do they explain the veil as a sing of modesty?

Now breast milk in a cup could be defensible on religious grounds perhaps, but still very, very strange.

 

[Cliffy]

Is it anything like Dairyland 2% partly skimmed?

Try whole sheep's milk. Finest milk outside of mother.

 

[wulfie68]

Now too, considering that Islam also holds to the ten commandments, which include adultery, how do these clerics defend sucking directly on the breasts of anyone other than your wife? Or do they just take adultery narrowly to mean copulation, and all else is OK? But then, how do they explain the veil as a sing of modesty?

Now breast milk in a cup could be defensible on religious grounds perhaps, but still very, very strange.

The next issue, is how does this "insta-adoption process" affect things like incest? If this actually occurred then a lot of people are going to be related a lot closer than they originally thought...