March 5th, 2007, 15:34
I'm wondering if any of our Moslem contributors can tell me whether there is a revisionist branch of Islam, like Liberal Judaism or the Church of England? By "revisionist" I mean one where gender-specific references have been removed and references to slavery have turned into dictums about the household help. I'm after an up-to-date rendering of Sura 23: 1-6, where all male Moslems are permitted to fulfill their carnal desires with any slave-girls whom they possess. If I recruit exclusively males from the South of Thailand as house staff ("My cock is Moslem" as a go-go boy once remarked, "and you too!") am I able to enjoy them unrestrained?