Guy Berger Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 link See these guys at Al Azhar University may seem like they have too much time on their hands, but in fact they are not sitting around twiddling their thumps; they are working hard on coming up with Fatwas to help Muslims deal with some of the challenges facing them in these challenging times. So the latest Azhar fatwa, ingeniously thought of by the head of the Hadith section at the university who argues it's based on a Prophet's strong Hadith (saying), is trying to solve the problem that in this darn age men and women are spending time alone together at work when that is forbidden. The solution? Easy! The problem can be easily solved by having the woman nurse her colleague. Yep. Nurse him as in put her breast in his mouth. This way they become related through nursing and as such can be alone together without breaking any moral or religious codes. But they need to keep accurate records of who nursed whom so things don't get mixed up. Once a man is nursed by a woman, she can take off her veil in front of him because now he's "forbidden" to her. Quote
Big Wheel Posted May 24, 2007 Report Posted May 24, 2007 This ain't much wackier than tying a string around your entire neighborhood just so you can carry stuff around. Quote
Guy Berger Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Posted May 24, 2007 This ain't much wackier than tying a string around your entire neighborhood just so you can carry stuff around. Agreed. Guy Quote
Guy Berger Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Posted May 24, 2007 What I want to know is why no rabbi has come up with a special eruv for bacon double cheeseburgers. Guy Quote
MoGrubb Posted May 24, 2007 Report Posted May 24, 2007 ...The problem can be easily solved by having the woman nurse her colleague. Yep. Nurse him as in put her breast in his mouth.... That's been known to have fantastic results. Quote
jlhoots Posted May 24, 2007 Report Posted May 24, 2007 Michael Chabon incorporates eruv into his new novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union. There's even a boundary maven. Great book BTW. Quote
Rosco Posted May 24, 2007 Report Posted May 24, 2007 Nice idea, but didn't Clinton try this already? Quote
Kalo Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 Gimme that ol' time religion!!! Depends on who's in the next cubicle... Quote
BruceH Posted May 25, 2007 Report Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) Gimme that ol' time religion!!! Depends on who's in the next cubicle... Exactly----I was thinking I could be won over to this idea, but it would all depend on what the woman in question looked like. Hey, don't call me shallow, this is a RELIGIOUS issue! (Christopher Hitchens is seeming more and more reasonable.) Edited May 25, 2007 by BruceH Quote
Kalo Posted May 26, 2007 Report Posted May 26, 2007 Gimme that ol' time religion!!! Depends on who's in the next cubicle... Exactly----I was thinking I could be won over to this idea, but it would all depend on what the woman in question looked like. Hey, don't call me shallow, this is a RELIGIOUS issue! (Christopher Hitchens is seeming more and more reasonable.) Of course, if the workplace was ultra-religious, then you wouldn't see her face anyway. Quote
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