{"id":24794,"date":"2013-07-29T01:54:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=24794"},"modified":"2013-07-29T01:58:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:58:48","slug":"sex-fatwas-n-so-very-sfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=24794","title":{"rendered":"Sex fatwas: N so very SFW"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — a comparative view of one of the more alluring byways of the religious imagination ]
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You’ll occasionally see reports of outr\u00e9 sexually-oriented fatwas <\/em>emerging from the Middle East — and sometimes they’re entirely fictitious. This DoubleQuote<\/strong> is to remind us that outr\u00e9 sexually-oriented religious teachings can crop up all over the place, exercise a momentary thrill, and are soon forgotten.<\/p>\n

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The upper of the two images relates to a recent report in Al-Arabiya titled Pro-Mursi protesters are awaiting signal for \u2018sexual Jihad\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lower of the two was taken from a “Flirty Fishing” pamphlet put out decades ago by the then Children of God<\/strong> aka The Family<\/strong> — the practice of FFing has since been discontinued. See also (highly NSFW<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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  • FF Reports<\/a> (the bureaucracy!)\n
  • Bought with a Price<\/a>\n
  • God’s Whores<\/a>, and\n
  • God’s Love Slave!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    When last I looked, the best academic text on CoG and FFing was David van Zandt<\/strong>‘s book, Living in the Children of God<\/a>. Sociologist of religions (and my e-colleague) Stuart Wright<\/strong> has a book chapter titled From “Children of God” to “The Family”: Movement Adaptation and Survival<\/a> on The Family International’s current site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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