Thursday, June 29, 2006

Sexual Deception

Is this the effect of the western world on Islam? 

European Muslims resort to virginity ploys - Yahoo! News
Hymen repair, fake virginity certificates and other deceptions, said to be commonplace in some Muslim countries, are practiced in France and elsewhere in Europe, where Muslim girls are more emancipated but still live under rigid codes of family honor.

I guess the true test will be if these women recommend to their daughters that they get the procedure, or if they hold their daughters to looser standards.  This reminds me of how the hippy generation dealt with explaining sex to their children... there seems to be a large number of parents who didn't hold expectations any higher for their children than they conformed to, but also a large segment that continues to preach abstinance until marriage, even if that's not what they themselves did. 

Will these Islamic women loosen their standards, and assimilate into western culture?  Or will they continue to pretend that the old ways are best?  As the world Muslim population is growing more than any other, our future will depends on it. 

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