می بخور، منبر بسوزان - مردم آزاری نکن

Divaneh dear

حالا ما یه اشتباهی‌ کردیم، شما لطف کنید و ببخشید!

یک بوم و دو هوا

شازده جان ما در کار شما حیران شدیم. اون آقای مهمان میگه با شما آبجوی بادوایزر تگری می زده و شما از این طرف نوع آبکی اش را تبلیغ می کنید. شما هم که مثل آخوندها یک چیزی را برای بقیه توصیه می کنی و چیز دیگری را برای خودت. نشد که بشه

همون یه فتوای خمینی رو هنوز نتونستن اجرا کنن

MM jan, they haven't been able to execute even the first Khomeini fatwa on Salman Rushdie (Sir Ahmed) ... so the rest of us still have some time in the queue!

Yes, Anon. Obser, you are right

اسلام و ایران بطور "متقابل"‌ خدمت هم رسیده اند!

نوش جون هر دو دوست

مخملی با کیشمیش و مهمان با آبج.

You are right sir,

East or West, Light is best!

نه عزیز ... :)

با عرق کیشمیش ..... !

Shazdeh - That's because Abu Hanifa was Iranian!

I don't know if you know this or not, but the founder of the Hanafi sect was Iranian of Zoroastrian ancestry.  Perhaps that's why he was more culturally liberal than others:

 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_%E1%B8%A4an%C4%ABfa

Ahhhhh, the things that we have done for Islam. :-))) 

SAM - really funny stuff

We said reform it, not turn it upside down and **** on it.

I bet you that the Islamic-Anti-Defecation-League is busy writing a fautwa on you.

Thanks Agha-Irani and Anonymous Observer

I am glad that you've enjoyed.

On the Shia roots in Iranian Resistance after the Arab invasion, there is little doubt. However, if I had to choose only one, I would have gone for the Hanafi school, which puts a greater emphasis on the role of reason and is more liberal than the others.

But then again, forget about all those Old Schools ... join the IL and have some fun!

کلاه مخملی

Absolutely not my friend - that's where I draw the line!

No, never and can't do, Mast va Khiar ba Abejo!

Hereby, the first commandment is amended as follows:

"Thou shall not have Mast va Khiar, except with vodka!"

Dear Divaneh

The Light Beer part is completely optional. The God part is optional too, because it says "one god ... more or less" ;-)

شیر بی یال و دم و اشکم که دید

شازده جون آخه این دیگه چه جور مذهبیه که آدم حق انتخاب هم داره. خدایش هم که انگار پشمش ریخته و همه اش مشغول تبصره صادر کردنه. ولی دستت درد نکنه که عجب مذهبی درست کردی به استثنای آن مورد شش قسمت آخر و آن آبجوی آبکی که خوردنش معصیت دارد 

شازده

ماس و خيار يادت نره :)

shazde

nice thoughts, nice blog and nice posts!

Makes a change on IC!!

Thanks 

Shazdeh- This is funny

Technically, it's lipstick on a camel

Faramarz jan: thanks for the read and the insightful comment. You are 100% right, Islam Light was even nicely practiced in pre-revolutionary Iran.

دوستان عزیز، متشکرم

Dear Persian W: much appreciation for your kind comment. On the personal versus social religion issue, I have to sober up and get serious now. For someone like yourself, an independent and enlightened person, the ideals of religion can be understood and practiced at the personal level, with or without a formal creed. However, for the huge masses of people who make up this earth, social and organized religion has been a chronic need. And yes, where there is a need, there is a product!

Cyclic and Maryam: you are most kind and friendly - thanks.

Putting Lipstick on a Pig!

Thank you Shazde for your futile attempt to update Islam by creating a light, low calorie or vegetarian version!

The lighter version of Islam is actually being practiced in more diverse and tolerant countries like Singapore, India and Indonesia. But, it doesn't have a prayer in the Arab world.

Dear Hamsade

All the good things in life are light. It is great to seek the middle ground, have fun and peace out. Only if they let us!

کاپیتان عزیز

زیاد جوش نزن، شیرت خشک میشه!

JJ can get rich sooner than he thinks

Simply by imposing fines on people who commit WUI, which stands for "Writing Under Influence" of a substance.

Are you an attention seeker? 

that was a light read,

that was a light read, shazdeh.  perfect for lightweights like me when it comes to the topic of religion. 

interstingly, during the 2000 u.s. elections, in the republican primary, there was a great deal of talk on "flat tax."  a tax of the same rate for all, at 20%, or what we call khoms.  yes, bush, forbes, maccain et al. wanted to enforce khoms on americans. 

secondly, all the "don'ts" in islam comes with a footnote.  as in, "don't do ...., but if you do,...."  usually in form of a payment to the mullah.  much like the catholic confessional which the devout after confessing to the worst crimes to his priest leaves the confessional booth and makes a donation.  khomeini made many of these footnotes explicit in his tozihalmasaael.

I like Persian Westender's Idial of Islam

SA, I enjoyed you light Islam but I think and like to have it like PW.

Drink it in the "pastoo"

Thanks shazdeh! I myself was looking forward to write about what I think of an Ideal Islam, according to my own standards. Of course, at times when I become upset about impact of Islamic extremism on various global matters; I start to depict what I expect of Islam usually in a lame and inaccurate way.

My illustration of ideal Islam, however is not what I assume as a belief for myself. I personally do not believe in Islam in any form (as well as in any other religion for that matter) and with any alcoholic supply as you put. Rather it is what I expect to see of Islam of others, if it is to thrive or it is supposed to be appreciated by me.

So, to draw on your analogy of “light beer”, I rather not to drink at all. 

But I tell you what I like a drinker to look like: “No Social drinking at all”. Religion should be absolutely a personal and private matter. No indication of social practice of religion should be allowed. Social practice of religions including Islam can be the root of many problems; let alone the state mixed up with religion.

In my ideal format of Islam, there is no Islamic institution of any kind, including mosques or other places for ceremonies of aggregate practice. Through this scenario, Islam may tolerate other ideologies much better, because it is an individualist Islam, not a social institution to gain momentum in order to govern others. And above all it is the faith/belief considered to be not any better than others. Only a shot among many others in the liquor store.    

really funny

good one SA. It does make a lot of sense.