Lucia's latest posting got me thinking: Muslim scholars (notice, i say Muslim scholars, not necessarily Islam), spend a lot of time thinking up of and putting into place preventive measures to safeguard against sexual sin.
While this is not a bad thing (the Al-Quran also prescribes preventive measures such as modest dressing and restricted contact between unmarried men and women), you just get a feeling sometimes that our pious scholars' fatwas (rulings) take things a bit too far with very minimal results i.e. have we necessarily seen a demonstrated reduction in sexual crime among Muslims?
For all the energy and zeal they possess over such matters, perhaps it would be best served if invested elsewhere. There are many more problems more pressing with the Muslim ummah than whether or not a female athlete's performance on TV makes men lustful.
Btw, i found this interesting reading: "Why does Allah allow suffering and Evil in this world?" Also, "Hijab in European Countries" and "Prophet Muhammad's Wives".
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