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Channel 4: Make Me A Muslim

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LNB6mAF1tO4&feature=user

Then watch all the parts!

" Episode 1 of 3
Aired: December 16, 2007 on Channel 4

Info: Three-part series following six volunteers and a lapsed British-born Muslim who agree to live under Islamic law for three weeks in an attempt to explore the religion and whether it has anything to offer them. The opening programme sees the group having their homes swept for items offensive to Islam such as alcohol, pork and revealing clothing as they prepare for a schedule that includes praying five times a day. It is not long before the volunteers show signs of rebellion.

More info from the Yorkshire Post:
"What do a gay hairdresser, an atheist taxi driver, a skincare centre manager, a glamour model and a mixed race couple have in common?

They all live in Harrogate and, for three weeks this summer, agreed to discard their normal routines and live as Muslims for a TV documentary series.

Under the watchful eye of a team of Muslim mentors, the diverse group were taught to abide by Sharia law while a camera crew followed them around""

What do you think of the programe? How did it make Atheists and Muslims look? Did it help or hinder Atheism? Any comments?
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Excellent. Hopefully, if


Excellent. Hopefully, if they do things the right way, it will expose Sharia for the barbarism it is:



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December 17, 2007 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

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Lol, it would be gaurented

Lol, it would be gaurented to make me a stronger atheist if I had to go through that crap. Mind you, I'd go shopping for porn while wearing the full outfit. Smiling


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December 17, 2007 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

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i throw a near psychotic


i throw a near psychotic fit every time another season of survivor gets aired on TV.... some how i dont think the muslim community is gonna take this very well either >.>

-bets before da show!-

$20 says the contestants are killed after the show airs....

$50 says they never make it that far >.<


and $100 says the atheist cab driver is a bigger asshole then me! (hard to imagine, i know >.&gtEye-wink

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December 18, 2007 - 3:59am login or register to post comments

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A British Bright wrote a


A British Bright wrote a review of this , its very funny


Folks,

Just thought I'd send you all my opinion of a recent television
programme entitled 'Make Me A Muslim'. The premise of the programme is
simple - a three-part show that follows the 'reality' format. A group
of Brits in Harrowgate, Yorks, attempt to convert to Islam for a few
weeks, giving up their sinful practices of drinking, sexual
licentiousness, gyrating hips, lads mags, eating pork and other things
that normal people don't have a problem with but this particular brand
of God-botherers like to bang on endlessly about.

The episode starts off with an argument about our dear friend sharia
law. Two rather angry people accost Mohammed - one of the show's
appointed Muslim guides. Like all television arguments, it was an
argument without any argument. Sufficient heat, but no light. Just
lots of waffle about how sharia would destory "English, Christian"
values - as if it were a choice between Islamic nuttiness and
patriotic, Christian nuttiness, rather than a tradition where laws are
based on reason and values of freedom and human rights. Shame. The
reasons not to adopt a sharia criminal code are plentiful and plain,
and convicing. But, again, heat ahead of light.

Then the four gurus proceed to do a sort of Islamic version of Trinny
and Susannah, ransacking the participant's homes of anything
un-Islamic - confiscating porn, booze, skimpy outfits and upbraiding
people for their sins. Hey kids! It's like Afghanistan, but - because
we don't execute 'em - it's kinda cute! The best bit is when Mohammed
explains that women must not wear anything with sleeves that fall
shorter than a lady's wrist is forbidden lest it provoke rape. That's
good to know. "Thank you, ladies, for helping avert my lust!"

Then the chief theologian of the show pops in to say words to the
effect: "People seem to think Islam is all about taking things away.
That's not true. If people have dodgy things in their house and want
to experience Islam, they have to give them up." That's about as
transparent as a bloody burqa.

On to Luke, a rather sassy and very gay hairdresser. His ladies thongs
are the start, followed by makeup and a Barbie dress. Both have to go
as un-Islamic.

Then a quick snake round to rid the world of bacon (the guys cite
Leviticus, saying bacon is forbidden for Jews and Christians too -
sanity pervades all religions, see, but some fall away from the faith)
and then alcohol (confiscating from Luke three bottles of voddy, which
is about what I need every morning in order to wake up to a world
where liberals defend female genital mutilation so long as it happens
far, far away).

Next stop on the whistle-stop tour of Islam is curing dear Luke's gay
tendencies. The problem is neatly summed up by one of the Muslim
brothers thinks that the cause is quite clear - Luke spends too much
time with women. Better think about God and his big rod of divine
might instead, and take his mind off ladies. That'll solve all his
problems, I'm sure. Here we have a bearded man in a leather vest
talking to a man in a bright pink T-shirt about how to not be gay.
Sorry, but it's too much. This programme has to be some kind of
parody. He goes off to become more masculine by playing cricket.
Mohammed then starts waffling about "changing desires" by trying
to find Luke a new lady friend. Gotta love that consistency. It's
almost like a science!

"Look at it rationally. The Almighty created Adam and Eve. He did not
create Adam and Steve." Oh, and here I was thinking the standards were
slipping in television! "Islam is a way of life based on the teaching
of the Koran." Jolly good.

Modesty, modesty, modesty. A quick lecture on the value of modesty,
and then off for a nice new dress for glamour model Kerry, and some
new rags for Luke with his love of all things pink. Again, must
protect ourselves from rape by - err - wearing clothes. And then with
the condescension. Kerry hasn't "got responsibility for her actions".
Money shot. You've won £250,000 on 'Who Wants To Be A Whining,
Religious Hypocrite?' - wanna go for the million?

The spirit of resistance is there in Phil - taxi driver and about as
close as one could get to a solid British bloke as you can. He stuck
the whole thing for an hour or so, then buggered off down the pub for
a glass of cider and a pie. Then off for a night out at a lap dancing
club for overpriced beer, ciggies and, well... lots of other
un-Islamic delights. Good on him. But then he rolls over like a sissy.
Go on, Phil, we need someone to drink. Do it for Queen and Country!

I think we need an alternative programme. It'd be called "Sex, Alcohol
and David Hume: Muslims Go Secular". They'd come in, we'd unwrap them
of their burqas and slowly introduce them to the 'worldly' pleasures
of being able to think free from artificial restrictions, trying to
conceive of a world without religion and gods, and enjoy being able to
drink what you want, have consensual sex with whoever you want and
live based on rational ethics rather than the tinpoint ethics of a seventh-
century book. Tolerance cuts both ways, folks.
December 18, 2007 - 4:18am login or register to post comments

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mrjonno, thanks for


mrjonno, thanks for every word of that , "Muslims Go Secular" ....

, they will have , and do have their Thomas Jeffersons too, let's focus on helping them,

Like France did for our america ....

Today we can do better "Love Bombs" .... big ones .... a bunch of love .... it's the only proud answer to this menace ....

, so get the love on ! sheezzzz

December 18, 2007 - 5:53am login or register to post comments

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Laws and constitutions are


Laws and constitutions are a result of current thinking not the other way around

UK has lots of religious laws, the Blasphemy Challenge is actually illegal in the uk under the blasphemy laws(no prosecutions in 50 years), also we have a state religion and our head of state is head of the church. We are also the most secular nation on earth.


You need to change minds before you change laws
December 18, 2007 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

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I'll make a deal with any


I'll make a deal with any Muslim reading this. If they work on getting the nuts in their bunch to stop the tribalistic antiquated violence, I'll work on getting America(which I am anyway) back to it's neutral government as per the Constitution and Barbary Treaty, that way you dont have to fear the "Christian crusaders".

It is 07 and all the antiquated political tribalism based on Yahwey vs Allah vs Jesus is nothing more than a Jerry Springer episode. Unfortunatly it is taken so seriously that it divides the species. As an outsider I would I wouldnt care less what any Muslim, Jew or Christian believes except for the fact that powerfull theists of all these labels have their hands on nukes.

This combination and combind with religious self centerdness of divine intitlement can take out innocent people of all these labels who dont give a shit one bit about the powergrab the three are involved in . I'd like the three major religions to stop their sky daddy dick mesuring contest on the only planet the species has to live on.

If Muslims and Jews, Christians and atheists can get to the point where religion is a matter of debate outside politics and powergrabbing, the world would be far better off and be able to focus on issues that can effect all people within any of these labels.

I'll be damned if I am going to stand by while religious nuts of any lable seek to use the only home I have as a giant game of capture the flag because they selfishly think their deity(incert label here) is the only one people believe in and should be the center of the unverse.

Your god(incert name here) is a prick if the best it can do is allow us to fight over who loves him the most.

Contact all the 08 Presidental candidates and remind them of their Constitutional duty to uphold "no religious test" www.rationalresponders.com/forum/sapient/news_activism/8955
December 18, 2007 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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Brian37 "It is 07 and all


Brian37 "It is 07 and all the antiquated political tribalism based on Yahwey vs Allah vs Jesus is nothing more than a Jerry Springer episode." << the only problem with this is the allah nutz are bringing guns and bombs to the show. Loved what you said here btw.

I don't know much about this Yahwey you mention (Runs off to search google) Top of the list on google search for that is "Who the hell is this yahwey dude? " < Wich i find funny considering i was thinking the same thing.

Lets see here.. It would have to be a paternity test show.. Jesus would have to be the The perspective dad.. And Allah maybe the woman who is acusing Jesus of being the father of Yahwey. (Yahwey sounds like sort of a kids name anyways)

It is interesting that out of all three names 2 of them mean the same damn thing . (God) while jesus is actualy a proper name.

So maybe it should be A paternity show with Allah and Yahwey being the parents and Jesus being the child in question.

lol would make for a interesting show indeed.




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by the wise as false , and by rulers as useful."

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December 18, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

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Dave805 wrote: So maybe it

Dave805 wrote:

So maybe it should be A paternity show with Allah and Yahwey being the parents and Jesus being the child in question.

lol would make for a interesting show indeed.


I think gods reproduce asexually, through simple fission.

Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
December 20, 2007 - 1:39am login or register to post comments

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This might deserve its own


This might deserve its own thread.. But meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV-a1vmZ6y8&feature=related

Check that out Smiling for a little humor

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true.
by the wise as false , and by rulers as useful."

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December 20, 2007 - 2:11am login or register to post comments

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Muhammad, like Jesus


Muhammad, like Jesus philosophy, ain't what is WAS ....

It's all screewed up, cuz we are all nuts ! like them,

and we all are perverts

, there's a vid in here some where, that explains it,

I couldn't find the one, http://google.nationalgeographic.com/search?site=ngm&client=ngm&proxystylesheet=ngm&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&q=Muhammad+Video&x=...

Wisdom turned to shit religion, yeah muhammad's rap too ....

go figure ! .... da


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