21/2010
El Asira: Online Islamic Sex Shop
Sort of following on the heels of the much-debated German Liason Dangereuse lingerie ad featured a burqa-clad woman (read about it on Muslimah Media Watch here), now we have our first Muslim sex shop, located in Amsterdam but available over the internet at http://www.elasira.com/.Shop owner Abdelaziz Aouragh is a practicing Muslim and businessman who before embarking on his most recent business venture checked first to make sure that it was halal to do so, going first to his imam who then consulted a Saudi sheikh. The products he sells (no animal fats allowed) and the ways in which he markets them through his website (no images of men or women) have also been given the halal green light. His goal is not just to provide a service to the Muslim community, but to change the way non-Muslims think about Muslims. In particular, I like how he says "The image of women in the kitchen, submissive, dressed in a burkah isn't true. There is a lot of love. Islam has a lot of respect for women. Our shop puts the woman at the center of things."
This news is cool in a couple different ways. First, it points to the diversity of religious opinion in Islam (as I'm sure there are shukuyh who wouldn't agree that selling sex toys is halal, but then again, according to Islamic tradition sex is meant to be a pleasure and a blessing). Clearly this is not a monolithic faith; it's beautifully multifaceted. Second, the importance, especially among traditional Muslims, of making sure that deeds are sanctioned through references to sacred texts via the scholars who study and thereby represent them. And finally, while the site hasn't yet debuted (March 21, be there or be square), I think that this is a much more positive statement about Muslim sexuality than the Liason Dangereuse ad, which may have been trying to make a point, maybe, but just ended up emphasizing that veiled Muslim women are still fetishized in Western culture. One final note, I think this challenges the idea that Muslim couples aren't affectionate. Though it's not common to see public affection in the Gulf (and perhaps I can go so far as to extend that to the Middle East as a whole), I did break out in a big smile the other day at the Villagio mall here in Doha when I saw a Gulf-Arab man walking with his wife (wearing a niqab), the two of them arm-in-arm and giggling, obviously crazy about one another. Perhaps they've already discovered El Asira?Online Islamic Sex Shop Opens for Business, The Malaysian Insider, March 20 2010
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JANdeWIT said...
Hi Ilmgirl.I have posted this nice article on: DRASTIES - Dutch on the world. World on the DutchI hope that is ok with you.Thanks JANdeWIT.http://www.drasties.com/
March 31, 2010 8:31 PM
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JANdeWIT said...
Hi Ilmgirl.I have posted this nice article on: DRASTIES - Dutch on the world. World on the DutchI hope that is ok with you.Thanks JANdeWIT.http://www.drasties.com/
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El Asira: Online Islamic Sex Shop
Sort of following on the heels of the much-debated German Liason Dangereuse lingerie ad featured a burqa-clad woman (read about it on Muslimah Media Watch here), now we have our first Muslim sex shop, located in Amsterdam but available over the internet at http://www.elasira.com/.Shop owner Abdelaziz Aouragh is a practicing Muslim and businessman who before embarking on his most recent business venture checked first to make sure that it was halal to do so, going first to his imam who then consulted a Saudi sheikh. The products he sells (no animal fats allowed) and the ways in which he markets them through his website (no images of men or women) have also been given the halal green light. His goal is not just to provide a service to the Muslim community, but to change the way non-Muslims think about Muslims. In particular, I like how he says "The image of women in the kitchen, submissive, dressed in a burkah isn't true. There is a lot of love. Islam has a lot of respect for women. Our shop puts the woman at the center of things."
This news is cool in a couple different ways. First, it points to the diversity of religious opinion in Islam (as I'm sure there are shukuyh who wouldn't agree that selling sex toys is halal, but then again, according to Islamic tradition sex is meant to be a pleasure and a blessing). Clearly this is not a monolithic faith; it's beautifully multifaceted. Second, the importance, especially among traditional Muslims, of making sure that deeds are sanctioned through references to sacred texts via the scholars who study and thereby represent them. And finally, while the site hasn't yet debuted (March 21, be there or be square), I think that this is a much more positive statement about Muslim sexuality than the Liason Dangereuse ad, which may have been trying to make a point, maybe, but just ended up emphasizing that veiled Muslim women are still fetishized in Western culture. One final note, I think this challenges the idea that Muslim couples aren't affectionate. Though it's not common to see public affection in the Gulf (and perhaps I can go so far as to extend that to the Middle East as a whole), I did break out in a big smile the other day at the Villagio mall here in Doha when I saw a Gulf-Arab man walking with his wife (wearing a niqab), the two of them arm-in-arm and giggling, obviously crazy about one another. Perhaps they've already discovered El Asira?Online Islamic Sex Shop Opens for Business, The Malaysian Insider, March 20 2010
Posted by ilmgirl at 10:03 AM
Labels: Internet, Qatar, Sexuality, Wome
1 comments:
JANdeWIT said...
Hi Ilmgirl.I have posted this nice article on: DRASTIES - Dutch on the world. World on the DutchI hope that is ok with you.Thanks JANdeWIT.http://www.drasties.com/
March 31, 2010 8:31 PM
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Posted by ilmgirl at 10:03 AM
Labels: Internet, Qatar, Sexuality, Wome
1 comments:
JANdeWIT said...
Hi Ilmgirl.I have posted this nice article on: DRASTIES - Dutch on the world. World on the DutchI hope that is ok with you.Thanks JANdeWIT.http://www.drasties.com/
March 31, 2010 8:31 PM
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Anthropology, Media Studies
(Journal) Contemporary Islam
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Sprit21
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Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Middle East Policy Council
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Council for the National Interest
Arab American Institute
Americans for Middle East Understanding
America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc
Islamophobia/Islamofascism
Ali Eteraz on Islamofacism
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Front Page Magazine
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Islamophobia Watch
Muslim Public Affairs Council on IFAW
Muslims Against Sharia
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Arabic Lessons (A Lovely Essay)
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Madinah Arabic Free Online Course
Mo3jam: Dictionary of Colloquial Arabic
Natural Arabic Free Lesson Samples
Speak 7 Free Arabic Lessons
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Ban the Burka?
Sky News (blog)
- Apr 01, 2010
- 3 hours ago
It is a subject which always gets a strong and vocal opinion across the continent - the role of Islam in Europe and how it should be integrated, ...
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TV Fortune Teller Faces Beheading in Saudi Arabia
AOL News
- Apr 01, 2010
- 2 hours ago
Under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam, that's considered sorcery -- a crime punishable by death. The Saudi religious police burst into Sabat's ...
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The cause of 9/11 -- a clash of Arab civilizations
Washington Post (blog)
- Apr 01, 2010
- 4 hours ago
Lee shows here that the tensions underlying the attack originated not in a clash between the West and Islam but in an ages-old conflict between Arabs ...
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