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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

It is plain to see how terrifying a world is envisioned by the
fanatical mindset, considering that they even view young boys as
women. There is no place for beauty, love or friendship in such a
world. There is no art, free-thinking or creativity in that world. The
people in that world are fearful, withdrawn, nervous people who
consider everything a crime. It is impossible for a society to be happy

and content when it is dominated by such mentality. The only way
to eliminate this dark world is to hold fast to the Book of God and to
live by the beautiful spirit of the Qur’an.

The Claim that a Young Boy's Voice is Forbidden

It is haram [forbidden] for every [na-mahram] man to lis-
ten to the voice of women, girls or beautiful boys when he

is with them and looking at them. A pure heart is dis-
tressed at the sight of such scenes, and is stained; the nafs
[the lower self] enjoys them, gets stronger and becomes
excessive. The Shaitan helps the nafs and shahwa [sensual
desire]. (Huseyin Hilmi Işık, Endless Bliss (Se’adet-I Ebe-
diyye), Fascicle 4, p. 165)

Seeing little boys as sexual objects is an indescribable abomina-

tion and perversion. The fanatical mentality about the matter is truly
horrifying. It says that even upon hearing the voice of a young boy
"the lower-self will be excessive" and therefore it bans their voices in
a bid to prevent this so-called 'danger'.

The radical mentality that is against female beauty, that seeks to
shut women away in houses and that seeks to make them extremely
unattractive and ill-groomed, does not stop there and considers boys

just as dangerous. It goes as far as claiming that dolls and even water
carboys can be 'seductive.' Clearly, the next step in the misogyny cre-

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