VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH

VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH

Volume 164, January 2, 2010

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful

Editorial:

As we mentioned in our previous issues, the traditional family has continued to be literally attacked from different forces that have raised their heads in the form of a social trend with the pretext of appealing to one and all to have greater tolerance.

We ask:
Where do you draw the line for such tolerance and how far are you willing to be tolerant ?

Examples of three such social trends that would cripple the traditional family are the increased acceptance and legitimization of gay marriage, open marriage and incestuous unions. In the past issue, we highlighted the issue of gay marriage and in this issue, we wanted to highlight the issues of incest. Slowly but surely there are signs that one of the modern world's last taboos is on the verge of being broken.

Once the marriage of a gay couple is acceptable then needless to say, the floodgate of various deviations from the TRADITIONAL FAMILY has opened up. Would the second step to demand equal rights to have sex and marriage be from adult HETEROSEXUAL INCESTUOUS COUPLES who currently are like the gay couples were in the past (behind the closet) ?

There is already an instance, where an adult father and adult daughter are demanding no interference in their sexual relationship using some of the similar arguments that gay couples had used (two consenting adults should be free to do what they choose in their bed room).

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Would the third step be a combination of above two groups (Gay) + (Incestuous couple) = Gay and lesbian incestuous couple (Adult father-adult son; adult mother-adult daughter) demanding equal rights to be able to have sex ?

If above three groups have fought to obtain equal rights, do you really believe that the bisexuals, transsexuals and transgendered individuals are going to remain silent literally hiding behind the closet ? They too are very likely to come out and bring out new permutations of 21st CENTURY COUPLES and the different types of couples would continue to multiply with no end in sight. Demand for EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LEGITIMIZING SEXUAL UNIONS AND MARRIAGE will extend to many other individuals including androgynous, asexual, bigender, genderqueer, intergender, pansexual, polysexual, third gendered, poly-friendly et.c.

Thanks to the slow but growing trend of OPEN MARRIAGE, you have again a new set of relationships among three or more individuals. MFM (Male-Female-Male), FMF (Female-Male-Female), FFM (Female-Female-Male), MMF (Male-Male-Female), FFF (Female-female-female), MMM (Male-Male-Male). Please note that OPEN MARRIAGE by default does not limit to three, it could be four or more which again will bring a new set of permutations in complex web of intimate relationships.

In such a complex bio-psycho-genetic-social mix, what MORAL VALUES DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT ABOVE NON-TRADITIONAL DEVIATED COUPLES ARE GOING TO INSTILL IN THEIR KIDS.

Despite us having the traditional family of a husband and wife and children, we have no short supply of problems relating to domestic violence between husband and wife, parents and children, child physical, sexual and emotional abuse et.c.

Now with above multiple models resulting from literal RAPE OF THE CONCEPT OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, you cannot even imagine to what extent such problems would be compounded a hundred fold. WITHOUT DOUBT, THE CHILDREN WOULD BE THE HARDEST HIT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT - "CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE".

INCEST


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Swiss Consider Legalizing Incest
Not a bad idea, says Columbia prof's lawyer
(condensed version)
www.newser.com
By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Dec 16, 2010

(Newser) – The Swiss parliament has drafted a law that would allow parents to have sex with their children or siblings to have sex with each other, provided everybody involved is a consenting adult. "First-degree" incest is already legal in countries including France and Russia.

A lawyer for David Epstein, the Columbia University professor accused of having an incestuous relationship with his adult daughter, says that while people are right to be morally opposed to incest, the Swiss bill to tolerate "what goes on privately in bedrooms" has merit. "It's OK for homosexuals to do whatever they want in their own home," he tells ABC News. "How is this so different? We have to figure out why some behavior is tolerated and some is not."

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Islamic Perspective:

(ED NOTE:
We appeal to all Muslim brothers and sisters to hold steadfast to the rope of Islam by following the gems of Holy Quran and Hadith. Islam will continue to stand the test of time in terms of its benefits to humanity. Instead of pointing our fingers at others and imposing our values, we need to focus on the areas that we could improve in our personal lives in terms of interaction with our immediate family, relatives and friends.

Domestic violence and the outdated practice of physical abuse of children still looms its ugly head casting a black shadow over a large part of the Ummah.

Reflect carefully in your own life and ask yourself who has hurt you the most, in most cases it is your own loved ones. So the next time, you are really mad and upset at your loved one or family member or friend, ask yourself, what you could do to avoid escalating the interpersonal conflict and how you could use the gems of hadith and Holy Quran to bring greater peace and tranquility in not only your personal life but the lives of the loved ones around you.

As far as the extremist secularists who are in a FREE-FALL OF MORAL DEGRADATION, avoid the temptation of imposing your value system on them but definitely please pray for them.)

WHAT QURAN SAYS ABOUT INCEST:

The Quran gives specific rules regarding incest, which prohibit a man from marrying or having sexual relationships with:

* his father's wife (his mother, or stepmother, his mother-in-law, a woman from whom he has nursed,

* either parent's sister (aunt),

* his sister, his half sister, a woman who has nursed from the same woman as he, his sister-in-law (while still married to her sister),

* his niece (child of sibling),

*his daughter, his stepdaughter (if the marriage to her mother had been consummated), his daughter-in-law.

A Hadith also prohibits marriage to a woman and her parent's sister at the same time. The same applies for a woman with the male counterparts to the aforementioned. (Wikipedia)

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WHAT IS GENETIC SEXUAL ATTRACTION (GSA)

Genetic sexual attraction (GSA) is a term that describes the phenomenon of sexual attraction between close relatives, such as siblings, first and second cousins or a parent and offspring, who first meet as adults.

The term GSA was first coined in the US in the late 1980s by Barbara Gonyo, the founder of Truth Seekers In Adoption, a Chicago-based support group for adoptees and their new-found relatives.

GSA is presumed to occur as a consequence of adoption, when the adopted children knowingly or unknowingly encounter biological relatives. Although this is a rare consequence of adoptive reunions, the large number of adoptive reunions in recent years means that a larger number of people (about half) are affected. If a sexual relationship is entered, it is known as incest, and may be distressing to both parties (see incest taboo).

GSA is rare between people raised together in early childhood due to a reverse sexual imprinting known as the Westermarck effect, which desensitizes them to later close sexual attraction; it is hypothesized that this effect evolved to prevent inbreeding.

Several factors may contribute to GSA. People commonly rank faces similar to their own as more attractive, trustworthy, etc. than average. Heredity produces substantial physical similarity between close relatives. However, Bereczkei (2004) attributes this in part to childhood imprinting on the opposite-sex parent. Shared interests and personality traits are commonly considered desirable in a mate. The heritability of these qualities is a matter of great debate; to whatever extent they are heritable, they will tend to cluster in close relatives. In cases of parent-child attraction, the parent may recognize traits of their sometime mate in the child. Such reunions typically produce complex emotions in all involved.

Germany
A brother and sister couple in Germany, the Stübings, fought their country's anti-incest laws. They grew up separately, met as adults, and have had four children. Their appeal was rejected in 2008, upholding Germany's anti-incest laws.

In the United States
Kathryn Harrison, literary author, published a memoir in the 90's regarding her 4 year incestuous relationship with her biological father, whom she had not seen for almost 20 years prior to beginning the relationship, titled "The Kiss".

(Condensed version from Wikipedia)

Romania Eyes Legalizing Consensual Incest, Wouldn't Be First Country in Europe
www.foxnews.com
(condensed version)

March 21, 2009
BUCHAREST, Romania —

Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe. Three European Union nations — France, Spain and Portugal — do not prosecute consenting adults for incest, and Romania is considering following suit.

Laws exempting parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters from prosecution for incestuous acts if they are not forced upon adult family members are decades old in France, Spain and Portugal. In Romania, decriminalizing incest among consenting adults is being considered as part of a wide range of reforms to the country's criminal code.

One 27-year old chauffeur did not see any problem with the legal change."If brothers and sisters want to have fun, why should they be imprisoned? It is nobody's business what I do in my bedroom," Ionut Breazu of Cluj told the Associated Press.

Opposition also comes from the Romanian Orthodox Church, which counts some 85 percent of population among its worshippers and says incest "affects the moral and psychological health of human beings ... the sacred family institution, and public morality."

Irish homemaker Margaret Henry, 42, said society shouldn't be so concerned about it. "(Why are they) arresting people for what they do in their own homes, as long as they're adults and they're not hurting each other?" she asked.

ON THE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE
(condensed version)
neorepublica.com
07/09/09

"Since proponents of same sex marriage argue that a person should be free to marry whoever they want, the extension of the definition of marriage from the previously “socially assumed limits” of heterosexual couples means that other “socially assumed limits” can be and, in fact, should be disregarded. What this means is that to accept the freedom for anyone to marry anyone opens the door to incestuous relationships and polygamous relationships.

So here we get stuck: if we accept the premise that anyone has the right to marry anyone, then we are open to incestuous relationships; if we believe that some people should not be allowed to marry in our society, like close relatives, then it means that society has the right to restrict same-sex marriage if it so chooses.

That’s what it comes down to. If same-sex marriage proponents do not wish to open the Pandora’s Box of any type of marriage imaginable, then they must be open to some sort of government restriction, and if they are open to giving government the power to restrict marriage, then they open the door to restrict same-sex marriage. So the more consistent proponent of same-sex marriage that believes that government should not restrict the right of people to marry should take the full-blown libertarian plunge and say that “yes, we envision a society that permits incest, polygamy, incestuous polygamy, homosexual incestuous polygamy, etc.

What a possible pro-gay-incest marriage button will look like:

This is just food for thought. It’s an argument I came up with a while back but is shared by many other people across the political spectrum. Here’s an interesting article I just read. Sometimes this argument is called the “slippery slope” argument or reductio ad absurdum, but the reality is simple: either a person is free to choose any other consenting adult or a person can be restricted. It is no stretch to say that logically and legally this type of argument for any type of marriage can be used.

Here is where I need to clarify though: same-sex marriage itself will not lead to homosexual incestuous polygamous marriage but rather the explicit “freedom” to marry anyone will. So this is not inherently an argument about same-sex marriage, it is an argument about our willingness to let government decide the rules for marriage, e.g. rules possibly restricting gay marriage. So now the question is: do we want to live in a society where we can collectively choose to restrict some forms of marriage or not?"

Is Incest always wrong?
(condensed version)

If adult relatives consent, we should look past our revulsion
Jan 2, 2010

Ishmael N. Daro — CUP Opinions Bureau Chief

SASKATOON (CUP) — In early December, a professor at Columbia University in New York was charged with incest. David Epstein allegedly had a three-year sexual relationship with his daughter, and now faces up to four years in prison.

The relationship started when the daughter was over 18, and therefore an adult. From what little is known about this lurid affair, it appears to have been consensual. If consent is the cornerstone of sexual ethics, it’s hard to see why jail time is necessary.

....the law should stay out of regulating sexual morality. After all, if incest occurs between an adult and a minor there are already laws in place against pedophilia and sexual abuse. Two consenting adults, however, should be free to do whatever they like in the bedroom, even if their relation makes us squeamish.

The Criminal Code of Canada defines incest as: “Every one commits incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person.”

There is nothing in the law about consent, coercion or violence. A person convicted of committing incest can receive up to 14 years in prison in Canada.

Around the world, half a dozen countries have no laws against consensual incest between adults including France, Spain and Russia. These countries are not suffering from moral collapse any more than Canada and the U.S.

Sometimes, certain sexual practices inspire such revulsion they bring the full force of the law upon those who take part in them. Interracial marriage was once seen as abhorrent, but today you would be hard-pressed to find any serious opposition to such a union. Homosexuality, too, used to inspire violent opposition — and arguably still does — but most people accept it as part of mainstream society.

The point isn't that incest is equally valid as those other examples, just that attitudes change over time. There is no telling what "perversions" we will find acceptable in the future and criminalizing consensual relationships seems to impose morality through the force of the state. Often, it's better to regulate such things in the larger culture and leave it out of the courts.

Nothing Wrong With Incest If Secular Worldview Is True
(condensed version)
LifeSiteNews.com
Apr 11, 2008

Commentary By Michael Baggot

April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I

In February 2007, the German brother-sister couple Patrick Stuebing and Susan Karolewski asked the Constitutional Court to overturn the ban on incest. After giving birth to four children with his sister, Stuebing freely opted for a vasectomy. With no threat of inflicting physical or emotional harm upon future offspring, are Stuebing and Karolewski now engaged in a perfectly healthy, loving relationship?

"The main problem is, of course, that the couple might produce unhealthy children. But if they don’t have children, then I see no reason why not, in this day and age. But then, I’m a scientist, not a moralist," stated Professor Roland Littlewood.

From a secular perspective, Littlewood’s moral assessment is unassailable. If, as the great neo-Darwinian narrative teaches, man is merely the accidental byproduct of blind, unguided natural processes, then there seems to be no reason for man to restrain his sexual desires. If there is no God, then there is no transcendent purpose for sexuality. Man is thus free to follow and satisfy his sexual urges as he sees fit.

Most proposals for the social and legal recognition of traditionally condemned sexual relationships, whether between members of the same sex or of the same family, base their advocacy in a secular lassie-faire sexual ethic. "Our body, our choice" runs the mentality.

The secularist’s endorsement of deviant sexual practices is perfectly consistent with their worldview. The question then is whether their secular worldview is actually true.

Unlike Professor Littlewood, most people, even if they haven’t had extensive philosophic or theological training, are revolted at the notion of same-sex unions, pedophilia, and incest. They have an intuitive sense of right and wrong, a "gut" sense that certain things just aren’t right.

Of course, this sense of right and wrong can become obscured through repeated vice or a permissive culture.

Nonetheless, both educated and uneducated, religious believers and non-believers, generally agree on the impropriety of certain sexual behavior.

The fact is that man’s intuitive sense of a moral law points towards a lawgiver. Theistic pro-lifers can point towards God as the author of the binding moral law. Further, they can explain sexuality as a gift from the Creator designed with a specific purpose. Honest secularists, on the other hand, realize that they have no basis for their moral revolt, for making any statements whatsoever about what should or should not be permitted.

A secularist can recognize moral truths and even live in accord with many of them. For instance, he can see that adultery, whether with partners inside or outside the family, betrays the spousal fidelity that gives the family its stability. Nonetheless, he cannot ultimately account for the source of morally binding norms.

Even when God’s voice is silenced in the public square and public educational system, it continues to sound in man’s conscience. Those who know Him need to help others identify the moral Lawgiver Who teaches man how to properly use his precious gift of sexuality for the purpose for which it was designed.

London Times Runs Article Promoting Incest

(condensed version)

LifeSiteNews.com
Thaddeus M. Baklinski and John Jalsevac

July 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com)
An article narrated by an anonymous woman who says she is "an academic," published in the London Times this week, favorably describes at length and in detail the woman’s incestuous relationship with her brother. The article is entitled "I had sex with my brother but I don’t feel guilty."

"Daniel is my brother," says the anonymous narrator, whose story was transcribed by journalist Joan McFadden, "but since I was 14 we’ve had a sexual relationship - and that’s not something that many people would feel comfortable with."

The narrator then relates, in increasingly explicit detail, the manner in which her and her brother’s close relationship gradually became sexual during their early teenage years. The author repeatedly expresses her belief that there was nothing wrong with the relationship, other than that society was unwilling to accept it.

She also suggests that incest should begin to be studied from an academic viewpoint and disassociated from the topic of sexual abuse. "As an academic I have a tendency to draw logical conclusions. I like to see a pattern and resolution, so it does pain me that what appears so lovely and natural to me would be regarded as abhorrent by most people. It’s not my subject, but I would be really interested to see a study on incest done on these terms, moving it away entirely from the concept of abuse."

She concludes by explaining that she and her brother have since ended their sexual relationship, with her brother having gotten married, and she herself having met another man with whom she is having a relationship. Nevertheless, she explains, "It’s hard knowing that the one person you love above everything is out of bounds. Perhaps worst of all is the fact that you can’t tell anyone, as his or her disgust would ruin everything."

The subject of incest has been appearing more frequently in the mainstream media in recent months, with its treatment becoming increasingly sympathetic.

Two recent court cases related to incest have been reported on by LifeSiteNews.com.

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