Khameini: Don't masturbate during Ramadan

Khameini: Don't masturbate during Ramadan
Iran's supreme leader answers questions on masturbation and other topics on his website
Yaakov Lappin Published: 10.04.06, 19:55

Deliberate masturbation during the month of Ramadan renders a fast invalid, Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has ruled. Khameini, who is Iran's most powerful political and religious figure, was asked on his website : "If somebody masturbates during the month of Ramadan but without any discharge, is his fasting invalidated?"

"If he do not intend masturbation and discharging semen and nothing is discharged, his fasting is correct even though he has done a ḥarām (forbidden) act. But, if he intends masturbation or he knows that he usually discharges semen by this process and semen really comes out, it is a ḥaram intentional breaking fasting," the Iranian leader said, posting the reply on his website.

Another reader asked: "Once in the holy month of Ramadan, I forgot to brush my teeth, and some tiny bits of food remained in my mouth. I swallowed the bits unintentionally. Do I have to perform the qaḍa (repent) for that day's fast?" "If you did not know that some bits of food remained between the teeth, or you did not know that they would reach the throat, and they were swallowed unknowingly and unintentionally, then you are not liable to make (repent) of the fast," said Khameini.

The Iranian leader also told readers they were allowed to "to drink water while standing" at nights...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311189,00.html

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Geez. Religious nutjobs are religious nutjobs, no matter their holy books.
The Professor

I'll bet the American Taliban can relate to this, too. "Do as we say, not as we do."

:-)

cause I don't know any Imams.

fundies, Islam and Christianity. They don't masturbate enough. They would mellow out a lot if they indulged in self love.

lashes across the back are lustful thoughts.:spank::)

Seems the problem is knowing about it, not the doing of it.

Ahh religion, gotta love it.

They can masturbate like crazy then? Who says this is a sexist religion?

their willies.

That's the point isn't it?

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It's not a lifetime.

And it's a matter of religious purity - it's not a standing rule during non-religious holidays.

It's nothing to make fun of. If you don't like the restrictions, fine, don't be a Muslim. I don't care and neither should anyone else.

But, let's refrain from calling people nut jobs because their religion doesn't allow them to masterbate during religious holidays.

God, some of you people aren't very tolerant of other religions - or religion, period - at all.

It just means there's more lotion to go around for the rest of us.

nt

That's all he meant to say...

K & R Happily!

They're not supposed to do it EVER.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4334526

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/051121fa_fact4

I asked Belashabadi what he thought should be done about the satellite channels on which Iranians watch illicit fare such as music videos, Western movies, and political commentary from Iranian exiles abroad. “The majority of the population is young,” he said. “Young people by nature are horny. Because they are horny, they like to watch satellite channels where there are films or programs they can jerk off to.” The regime could filter the channels, he suggested, or it could try to educate the people to tune in to more wholesome programming. He concluded, “We have to do something about satellite television to keep society free from this horny jerk-off situation.”

My translator implored me, in a jaw-clenched monotone, “Please do not laugh right now. This is a very sensitive moment.”

And this is their leading cleric?

Honestly, I can't believe anyone takes religious nutjobs seriously? Wow. Just Wow.

Americans are gonna have an awful time with this one.