Arab Reformist: You Know You’re In An Arab Country When…

12:56 pm on February 27, 2007 by Infidelesto

Via MEMRI:

  • “When you cannot find a single garden in your city, but there is a mosque on every corner - you know that you are in an Arab country…
  • “When you see people living in the past with all the trappings of modernity - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When religion has control over science - you can be sure that you are in an Arab country.
  • “When clerics are referred to as ’scholars’ - don’t be astonished, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When you see the ruler transformed into a demigod who never dies or relinquishes his power, and whom nobody is permitted to criticize - do not be too upset, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When you find that the large majority of people oppose freedom and find joy in slavery - do not be too distressed, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When you hear the clerics saying that democracy is heresy, but [see them] seizing every opportunity provided by democracy to grab high positions [in the government] - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When monarchies turn into theocracies, and republics into hybrids of monarchy and republic - do not be taken aback, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When you find that the members of parliament are nominated [by the ruler], or else that half of them are nominated and the other half have bought their seats through bribery… - you are in an Arab country…
  • “When you discover that a woman is worth half of what a man is worth, or less - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When you see that the authorities chop off a man’s hand for stealing a loaf of bread or a penny, but praise and glorify those who steal billions - do not be too surprised, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When you are forced to worship the Creator in school and your teachers grade you for it - you can be sure that you are in an Arab country…
  • “When young women students are publicly flogged merely for exposing their eyes - you are in an Arab country…
  • “When a boy learns about menstruation and childbirth but not about his own [body] and [the changes] it undergoes in puberty - roll out your prayer mat and beseech Allah to help you deal with your crisis, for you are in an Arab country…
  • “When land is more important than human beings - you are in an Arab country…
  • “When covering the woman’s head is more important than financial and administrative corruption, embezzlement, and betrayal of the homeland - do not be astonished, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When minorities are persecuted and oppressed, and if they demand their rights, are accused of being a fifth column or a Trojan horse - be upset, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When women are [seen as] house ornaments which can be replaced at any time - bemoan your fate, you are in an Arab country.
  • “When birth control and family planning are perceived as a Western plot - place your trust in Allah, you are in an Arab country…
  • “When at any time, there can be a knock on your door and you will be dragged off and buried in a dark prison - you are in an Arab country…
  • “When fear constantly lives in the eyes of the people - you can be certain that you are in an Arab country.”

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  2. Comment by The Reaper on 14 October 2007:

    Most of these aren’t true.
    The rest is just exxageration.

  3. Comment by Infidelesto on 14 October 2007:

    Actually they are ALL true and none are exagerated

  4. Comment by Bianca on 12 March 2008:

    man. they’re not even funny.

    when women are flogged for exposing their eyes???

    then why are women in turkey and france FIGHTING to keep their scarves ON???

  5. Comment by jen the rednek on 10 April 2008:

    I just discovered this blog about a month ago and I would like to thank y’all for posting what every other media outlet is scared of. WTF is up with this Arab crap, it’s the 21st century people! Get with it or get over it!

  6. Comment by hakim on 11 June 2008:

    I saw your points of view and I wonder how much time you have spent yourself in an “Arab country”. I also wonder if you know the difference between an “Arab” and a “Muslim”. I further wonder who were your teachers until you finished school. Did you finish school? Try to exchange some words in the text and find an idea how much of it is transferable to the so-named western world (I have my roots there as well) Mind you: I try not to excuse excessess, but would like to point out that the party with the larger bombs is not always the party with the better moral. Peaceful comments are welcome

  7. Comment by Rudy on 12 June 2008:

    Hakim,

    I have worked in an Arab country for most of the last 5 years. 2 of them in fact and have visited many. So which words do you claim are transferable to the Western world? I can’t recall any time in the US when a person had his hand amputated for stealing bread (as they do in Saudi). Nor have I ever heard of women being beaten by the religious police for exposing their faces in public (as in Iran and Saudi). Nor have I seen any politician in Europe or the US worshipped as if he were a demigod (see Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon). I am not trying to attack you, but if you are going to tell me to try to exchange some words in this text, why not provide examples yourself and back them up with irrefutable evidence?

  8. Comment by Tonto (USA) on 4 July 2008:

    Hakim, Why don’t you just change your name to “Abid Islam”, because you are a slave. You have the apologist attitude of a slave(or a liberal) and you are unfit to live as a free man. As you can probably perceive, my contempt for islamic moon-god (the true identity of allah) worship is boundless.

  9. Comment by anon on 4 July 2008:

    People who are have no independence of mind and spirit, what they call mental submission, have a tendency to worship tyrants of one kind or another. If they did not have a tyrant to enslave them, they would surely invent one. That is why they say: the slave is often more despicable than the tyrant!

  10. Comment by julius on 23 July 2008:

    Having been to a Muslim country of Turkey where all religion is tolerated to the most part, I felt rather bewildered yet safe enough,Istanbul with 20,000,000 population seemed rather focused on survival  than Religion,Obviously some are worst than others but his comments are rather a general guildline to the extremist,Just like here in the Bible belt where everyone thinks thier the “True Believers ” And If you dont Believe in Jesus Crist your all going to Hell.The time I spent in Turkey I witnessed no crimes due to fear of the law,unlike what we have here F&*K the POLICE.What is Better?Freedom can equal-Anarchy, Too much control=slavery. The answer is a balance.My allah be with you all.

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