"All women are selfish by nature" claims ‘moderate’ imam...

[Surya Gayatri]

http://www.france24.com/en/20150329-moderate-imam-who-claims-all-women-are-selfish-islam-france-montpellier-mohamed-khattabi/



An imam in France has claimed in a sermon that selfishness is part of “the nature of women”, comments that have shocked all the more because of his reputation as a progressive influence on Islam in the country.

“No matter how much good you bestow upon a woman, she will deny it. Her selfishness drives her to deny it.” These were the words of Imam Mohamed Khattabi, delivered during a Friday sermon at the Aicha Mosque in Montpellier, southern France, on March 6, two days before International Women’s Day.

Standing high in the mosque’s minbar (pulpit), Khattabi continued: “This holds true for all women, whether Western, Arab, Muslim, Jewish, or Christian. This is the nature of women.

“If a woman overcomes her nature and acknowledges … Allah grants her a higher place in paradise. But if she succumbs to her nature, and refuses to acknowledge the man's rights – or rather, the goodness that man bestows upon her – she is destined to go to (hell)…”
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'Moderate', mon cul (my ass). Damn, if this guy can be qualified as moderate, the future for 'entente' between religions in France looks to be in trouble.

[vlyons]

1. well he's f-ing crazy

and a misogynist and chauvanist to boot. From a Buddhist perspective, all human beings are selfish, and that is the problem. It is the self-grasping and self-cherishing of our own deluded thinking about the story that we tell ourselves about our concept of a "self" as a real, solid existing thing. And that one's sense of self must be preserved and defended at all costs, because our self is ever more important than any one else's. When in reality, there is no such thing as "self." Look for it every where; you won't find it. And from the Buddhist perspective all humans are equal. We are all of us suffering from family problems, health issues, job dissatisfaction, poverty, disappointing relationships, addictions, bullying, oppressive governments, nasty neighbors, difficult and rebellious children -- the list of suffering is endless. recognizing that we are all suffering is SUPPOSED to open our hearts with compassion.

Not all Moslems think like this guy, just the misogynist ones do.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Yes, many muslims would be as shocked by these

over-the-top remarks as we are.

The problem is this guy's influence and reach in a country that's very much on edge right now (post Charlie Hebdo).