Thursday, August 23, 2007

Shrimp I tells 'ya.



Last night I checked out 'God's Warriors' on CNN, which discussed the upsurge in radical fundamentalist Islam.

One of the people they spoke to was this Persian-American woman [born and raised here in the States], and how one day she finally decided to start her own jihad [protest] here by always wearing a hijab.

She talked about how as she got older, she was drawn to how Islam dictates every aspect of her daily life and how she loved that it tells her how to live.

Which cracked me up because, not two seconds later, they show her making dinner, and what was she making?

Shrimp! [at 6:26 in the clip]

If she was truly hardcore Muslim, she wouldn't be eating shrimp because it is not halal.

Totally blew her credibility for me.

As for the rest of the show itself, I was surprised by how biased it actually was.

It was very let's-freak-out-America-with-stories-of-extreme-Islamic fundamentalists.

Christiane Amanpour kind of let me down.

There was actually this show on the Discovery Times channel called 'Root Of 9/11' with Thoms Friedman that was much more informative and honestly gave the Muslim point of view from radical to modern contemporary.

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4 Comments:

Blogger Colleen said...

I would totally watch that show. I love any documentary or show about fundamentalist Christians, too, like Jesus Camp. Much recommended.

August 23, 2007  
Blogger M- Filer said...

Well I guess I don't mind that I missed it then. I did just rent "Inside Islam" another documentary, and have high hopes that it will not be a biased hatchet job, from either the left or the right

August 23, 2007  
Blogger Big Daddy said...

M-Filer - I recommend 'Roots Of 9/11'. It was really balanced I think.

August 23, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Which cracked me up because, not two seconds later, they show her making dinner, and what was she making?

Shrimp! [at 6:26 in the clip]

If she was truly hardcore Muslim, she wouldn't be eating shrimp because it is not halal.

Totally blew her credibility for me."

hey...
wuts wrong with muslim cook shrimp...??
shrimp is like prawn rite..
who told u it is not halal for muslim?
Shrimps are Halal.
Two types of dead animals and two types of blood are permitted for us. The types of dead animals are seafood and locusts. The two types of blood are the liver and the spleen.

just correctin your misunderstood about that....
u shouldn't say something that u not really know...

thank u..

January 15, 2010  

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