This is a post I did on my home blog back on May 10th of last year. If Mohammed being a child molestor isn't enough for some of you to see the rationale of our ridicule, and our right to portray images of him in an unflattering light, then maybe the notion of muta'a will. Mohammed is NOT a divine figure, he was a simple thug, a child molestor, and a pimp. If you can't handle the truth, that's your problem. Also, this is an old post, so some links may be expired. If you have a problem with that, I'll email you my home address and you can come burn down my embassy. Would you like to know something else? I could care less what 1 billion Muslims think. The truth hurts, don't it?

SC&A, ever concerned for my safety and well-being, may get me on the fatwa list even before Rusty and Jane.  He sent me a link to a link to a USA Today article concerning the Muslim practice of "pleasure marriages."   

BAGHDAD — In the days when it could land him in jail, Rahim Al-Zaidi would whisper details of his muta'a only to his closest confidants and the occasional cousin. Never his wife...

...The 1,400-year-old practice of muta'a— "ecstasy" in Arabic — is as old as Islam itself. It was permitted by the prophet Mohammed as a way to ensure a respectable means of income for widowed women...

Pleasure marriages were outlawed under Saddam Hussein but have begun to flourish again. The contracts, lasting anywhere from one hour to 10 years, generally stipulate that the man will pay the woman in exchange for sexual intimacy...

...A woman agreeing to a pleasure marriage that involves a one-time encounter might be able to count on about $100. For a muta'a that runs longer, she might be paid $200 a month, though the amounts vary widely and can depend on whether she has children.

So, in addition to being a child molester (I've read different accounts, one site said he married a 9 year old, another said six), Mohammed was a pimp.  A benevolent pimp to be sure, after all, who doesn't feel sorry for lonely, broke widows.  Of course, nowadays, the Koran is open to interpretation:

A turbaned Shiite cleric who issues wedding permits from a street-side counter in Sadr City says he encourages permanent marriages but gives the OK for pleasure marriages when there are "special reasons." The cleric, Sayid Kareem As-Sayid Abdullah Al-Mousawi, says he grants licenses for muta'a in cases where the woman is widowed or divorced, or for single women who have approval from their fathers.

That's right, you dads out there, convert to Islam and you too can be a pimp.  Pimp-daddy, if you will.  What the f**k, change your name to P. Diddy.

Is there an alternative?  Well, yes.  The treatment of Muslim women is well documented.  They can avoid the whole "pleasure marriage" route, do what they want, be irresponsible, get naked and throw down with whoever they want.

And be the victim of an honor killing.

Prostitution or death.  What a choice the Religion of Peace gives to its adherents.

Now I'll have to change the name.  The Religion of Peace and Big Pimpin' Page.  Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

Where's N.O.W. when you need them?  Does Code Pink have an opinion on this issue?

(At this time, Blogger appears to be down, I'll link to the blog SC&A pointed me too when it's back)

I was going to end there, but I went back to the article and decided to post this:

Most Shiite scholars today consider it halal, or religiously legal. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest religious authority in Shiite Islam, sets conditions and obligations for muta'a on his Web site. ("A woman with whom temporary marriage is contracted is not entitled to share the conjugal bed of her husband and does not inherit from him ..."

First off, I thought Sistani was the highest authority in Iraq, not all Shiite Islam.  But, that's beside the point.  This is the guy we're always reading about who is apparently eager to see a free, secular Iraq borne from the ashes of tyranny.

And he's just a pimp.

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