A great point made by Gino Raidy on Ginos Blog. Don’t you all agree that what religious figures do is above the “law” and what applies to normal folks doesn’t apply to the ones that don a black robe and shiny bling bling? Remember when muslim religious leaders went absolute ape shit over the law to stop men from beating and raping and killing their wives? Remember when they resolutely stood against popular demand to allow civil marriage on Lebanese soil? What was that? How is a religious figure allowed to change the whole policy of a nation? Disobeying the will of its educated youth, for their archaic means of making money while not giving back any in taxes? I know these two examples aren’t really comparable, but the point I’m trying to make, is that the very same people hiding behind their ideologies, take the liberty to do what a sizable part of the Lebanese population considers horrendous, and they get away with it. Personally, visiting his faithful parishes in Palestine is a far less grievous crime than sanctifying butchering women and encouraging division by barring civil marriage for immensely idiotic reasons like “it’s an Israeli conspiracy” or “we wouldn’t be able to control our women”. So, respectfully, spare us the emotional blackmail we’ve grown accustomed to ignoring. Murderers of women and the youth’s dreams have no say in what another religious figure can and cannot do. If anything, it’s the smartest thing he’s doing in the wider anti-naturalization movement. Instead of being scared silly and hiding away in big halls built with your money, he’s actually going there and making a statement. Proving Israeli authorities cannot control this religiously driven visit, breaking the self-imposed ban we’ve maintained on ourselves from visiting Palestine.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 15:05:53 +0000
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