Big Brothers stop Big Brother Arabia
01 Mar, 2004 
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This from Reuters:
MANAMA (Reuters) – An Arab television channel said on Monday it was temporarily pulling the plug on its Arabic version of the hit reality show Big Brother after charges of indecency.
But an official of the MBC satellite channel said it would relaunch the show from outside Bahrain, where it was produced. Protesters in the conservative Gulf Arab state had said showing unmarried people living together offended Islam.
“There are many (locations) where it could be produced. We are looking at possible schedules,” the official said.
“This decision aims to avoid exposing MBC and its programs to accusations that it offends Arab values, customs and morals, because we consider MBC to be first and foremost a channel that belongs to the Arab world,” the popular Saudi-owned channel said in a statement.
Several hundred Islamists chanting “Stop Sin Brother! No to indecency!” protested in Bahrain on Friday against the show, which they deemed un-Islamic.
Some members of Bahrain’s parliament demanded to question Information Minister Nabeel al-Hamer about Big Brother.
“We are an Islamic country with our own traditions. This program spoils the morals of our sons,” MP Jasim al-Saeedi said.
Yousef Nooh, a doctor, said: “The show was not acceptable, but it’s strange to stop it, because it is an internationally accepted program.”
The Big Brother formula, in which participants are filmed 24 hours a day, has been copied around the world and draws large audiences.
The program, aired across the Arab world by MBC, had raised eyebrows despite efforts to take into account Muslim sensitivities. Separate living and sleeping quarters for male and female participants were introduced, as well as a prayer room.
“This type of show is no more a challenge or social problem than most films and television serials shown on all channels, in fact it is more faithful in showing reality than the movies and soaps,”the MBC statement said.
The Arab world’s first reality TV experiment, a dating show called Al Hawa Sawa (On Air Together), survived its three-month stint, ending earlier on Monday. It was aired from less conservative Lebanon.
So they get to have their way again. Now it is time for the silent majority to show that they are against these self-styled ‘big brothers’ of our society and wrench it back from them before all is lost.
Let’s recap:
1. Adel Al-Moawdah (salafi/wahabi) riles against Nancy Ajram in parliament, people heed his advice and riot, 10 people are awaiting prison sentences and of course he disassociates himself from the instigation of the riots completely.
2. Adel Al-Moawdah and his block (Al-Saidi, Mohammed Khalid, Ali Mattar (salafis/wahabis) and the rest of the Islamists in parliament) again protest against a television show, this time Big Brother Arabia, the three of them organise protests just after their Friday sermons, march to the Big Brother production location, get publicity, and a few hours ago they once again get their way. No rioters this time, however they were censured severely by their colleagues Abdulnabi Salman and Farid Ghazi (both MPs) where they indirectly cautioned them that they (Islamists) shouldn’t use extra-parliamentary means to get their way, especially if there are instruments within the parliamentary system to show their grievance and their objections.
Once again the honourable Adel Al-Moawdah waves the flag of Ministerial interrogation and questioning in parliament of the Information Minister in regards to Big Brother.
3. Al-Saidi (salafi/wahabi) proposes that ALL areas of public life, starting with schools should be segregated. “It only takes building a few more buildings in the university compound for the girls or erecting fences between the genders!” What’s the big deal? He just threw hundreds of years of psychology in the toilet and flushed it, after heavy use by the honourable gentleman.
4. Abdulla Al-A’ali (shi’a cleric) proposes as a solution to “prevent possible vice” banning Bahrainis from entering hotels in the country. He’s laughed at in parliament by his own colleagues.
5. Al-Saidi (salafi/wahabi) is “extremely worried” about “our girls” living abroad to attend university by themselves in foreign land where he “can’t keep an eye on them, and they are open to subversion in the western culture.” He proposes to not allow girls to study outside of Bahrain.
6. I can FULLY envisage the cancellation of Formula One in Bahrain AT THE LAST MINUTE due to these “Big Brothers” because it encompasses all of the above and “it will subvert our ‘youth’ into speeding”
God have mercy.
Do the moderates continue to sit in their armchairs while these despots take over our lives? Do we still allow them to control every aspect of it? And can we accept to live in an Orwellian version of Bahrain even worst than the “security law” era because these people are genuinely “afraid for us in front of God and by their actions want to keep us from sin and debauchery?”
If we don’t do something concrete to let these people, the parliament and the government to hear our voice, then all is really lost.
Is this the democracy that we envisage and want for Bahrain? Ruled by religion, especially a closed and blind interpretation as has been forced down our throats by these people?
George Orwell, we’re catching up with you, it only took 55 years, lightspeed in this area of the world!
Welcome to mini-Iran and Taliban’s Afghanistan rolled into one. A place which used to be called Bahrain.
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correction in third paragraph:
Before:
Now why did I say, OF COURSE NOT there no moderates in Islam’s view. Because as the prophet (sala Allaho Alayhi wasalam) has said, if a man and a woman are alone, the third is Satan.
After:
Now why did I say, OF COURSE NOT (about non-islamists) there NOT moderates in Islam’s view. Because as the prophet (sala Allaho Alayhi wasalam) has said, if a man and a woman are alone, the third is Satan, do they believe in that? or impliment it?
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Oooh boy…
so it’s quite clear-cut in your mind, I’m happy for you.
one thing though, which Al-Thawadi are you talking about? I most definitely would like to meet her as she does sound like we’re birds of a feather!
Peace.
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oh by the way, this might interest you. It’s in Arabic though so I hope you can read it.
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I’d like to point out the word i mentioned ‘tafakaro’ is not directly direved from the Holy Quran, it is based on verses where Allah sib7ana mentions people who contiplate the Universe and then yi2minoon bil Allah. Just to make sure I was clear about this, its not from the Quran.
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Anyhow, the link you posted was funny eheheh. Thats ironic. That guy is living a fantasy, thinking he is in some communist country fighting Stalen. I guess he knows best, since he made up his mind and thought of Islam as wrong. He seriously needs some psycitric help, he mentions, underground movement, brain washed, and judging by his word choice you get an idea what kind of a writer he is.
I find it amusing especially when he comments on Imam Ibna Hambal, hehe A man who nothing like him was born, unique in his own way. As Allah Sib7ana Said in Surat al baqarah, that he has sealed there hearts and senses, they are blind and can not see. This writer is as blind as a bat.
lol funny when he mentions the brain washed masses lol, he must watch to many fantasy/alien movies. Especially he is commenting on things that are logical and true, and his comments have no effect, in fact they have the opposite affect. They are so rediculus and funny, it shows you he help prove what he started to dis prove. One word, fi6raaah. Fi6ra is the thing that you do when you are first born and know how to eat, its fi6ra, fi6ra is to know how to walk … who taught you? its automatic, so who programed you? Thats fi6ra, look around you and think about it. The Quran challenges the mind to look around and free it self, that man obviously has put his mind in prison.
Anyhow, althawadi meaning the girl who produced big brother. Yes she is a liberal kind of person, and I know her more than well. And no your not of the same feather, trust me, she is different.
In the mean time, I hope you look at my refences and listen to them, you might find them useful. Take care.
Fe aman Allah
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Bismil Allah ara7man Ara7eem
That article i wont respond to because it is a waste of time, as i mentioned in my previous response.
Read my response because Its the same to this one. This guy needs help seriously. Sadly, he learn Religion so he CAN STABB religion … and As the Quran said … “Qotilaa Kayfa Dabar” .. he will fall in his own hole he is digging. The only way he does it though creating shobohat (research what shobohat means) or taking things out of context, much as the ones did before him. Sad really.
Secondly, I am not the person who needs to wake up. Hal yastawi al a3ma ma3a il ba9eer? We are in the light, while the so called ‘liberals’ are in the dark. The difference here, as a muslim I do not impiment half the religion but all of it, if i impliment half or what i want or dont want then what does that make me? muslim? truely?
If you read my long post, you’d know in Islam we do Question, and i explained there are areas which the human mind can not elaborate on, and may cause fitna or shobohat.
Futhermore, it is not me who is stubborn or ignorant of this issue, for I have researched both sides. While the ‘liberals’ only view there side, and never researched the other side throughly WITH NO PREJUDICE.
And i mentioned the concept of ‘alatheena yatafakaroon’ .. that contiplate and question, so who said in Islam we dont?
So your saying what Islam and Allah ordered is “a9a6eer al 2awaleen” basically and outdated and UNENLIGHTENED. As Allah sib7ana Said, “Wala3alak bakhi3on nafsaka 3ala 2athareeehim in lam yo2mino behatha al 7adeethi Asafa” (surrat Al kahf) So no matter how i reveal and explain to you you will not. Even if i split the moon for you, you will not open your heart and consider the truth and wisedom of Islam.
My contribution is shading light on an area many of you stereotype and have darkened with your own prejedice and DESIRES. Everyday your mood swings and as they say 7ayraaaan fil arth. You make accusations, yet your closed mind can not free itself to contiplate if this is a better way, if this is the truth, how about you question what you have in your hands,, and research what you do not have, the Islamic way. I challenge you for that. For I have studied both sides very thourghly.
How many days have you put your head on the pillow and had a good night sleep, or a good day to live, with no stress or worries, or problems. I wonder. Why? or if yes then am happy for you, but i highly doubt it if you just look inside.
Acctually we never bury our heads int he sand, we raise it high. The greatest progress for this region came with ISLAM, amazing fact isn’t it? And who did they go up against, the great roman umpire, amazing, plus the empire of the persians. I wonder how they did that when they barried there heads in the sand, and no progress, and I WONDER how you derieved this.
LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I noticed you overlap things and confuse them, and do not have the time to research, question, and MOST IMPORTANTLY understand. You confuse ISLAM with culture, YOU CONFUSE ISLAM with Afghanistan. My dear friend, just as there are crazy liberals and crazy ppl in this life, there is CRAZY people infecting Islam, and you have seen it in Afghanistan.
Islam is about compasion and mercy, not what the Taliban did, they are 180 degrees the other way. They could be viewed as a TOTALITARIAN government much compriable to Stalin and Hitler in there methods of control. My God, they even grew drugs, can’t you see that?
and… OH GOOD you can see my host or ip. Yes its the big apple. Amazed? Your stereotypical mind comes into action again, sad really. I hope you find light in such thoughts. You seem to confuse progressive, freedom of mind, with being rude and just saying what you want. There is a difference, between someone who is free to poison his body with alchole and a person who is free to use it for good. Two different freedoms, obviously you seem to fight for the freedom to do what ever, especially say something diragitory. [b]Hey, if thats your respectful way of arguing go ahead, just shows me how open minded you are and your ideals, I won an argument about freedom, open mindness, and reform with out even much effort, and i find it ironic you stand for all of this and yet you portray and act 180 degrees the opposite towards what you dont agree with or not accept.[/b]
I will not respond to your low comment. Because this just shows me how LIBERAL, and PROGRESSIVE your thinking is. Your deragotory comment much mirrors its owner. You can at least have an intellectual conversation in which you try to contiplate and understand, instead of put down and indirectly attack. For that i wont respond to your posts anymore. I thought this place is suppose to be progressive, open minded, and your looking to UNDERSTAND AND DISCUSS, intead of accuse and put down, I GUESS i own an argument with out much effort.
Let me mention finally, I will never look up to someone like that Girl you mentioned. You can look up at her, because thats how you are. For I for one, Will never look up to her ( i bet your stereotypical mind will say, yet cuz she’s a woman? NOO), because a person who drinks, smokes, runs after men in college is not a kind of person i regard as a figure who is ethical or moral. But a figure who chases after desires, so they confuse desire with what is right. And i will never leave what is right to be determined by a human who is hardly have a straight life and is prone to mistakes, but I will leave it to my Lord who has the truth and knows whats right. I apologize to mention this, but it is to prove a point. Plus, she from college, was after these high places to be recogdnized more than for the purpose to do good. I am not attacking her, I am merely stating the reasons why I do not look up to your ‘girl
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you asswipes are all the same. you continuously blabber on about piety, yet you actively destroy a good girl’s repuation. what? she was too much for you to handle? I bet you couldn’t even get near her yet you wank yourself silly just thinking about her don’t you? yet saying “astaghfirullah” between every stroke, and you go on about your god and your religion. what a peasant. if this is the last we hear from and of you then I will convert to islam in celebration!
you pricks with your hollier than thou attitudes chase away any would be muslim than any other human being in history, even bin-fuckin’-laden.
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Tsk tsk … An anti-muslim swearing and insulting, thats new? lol
Only ground you have for your empty argument is your stereotypical accusations and your idea of what Islam and Muslims are from watching too much TV or probably from your ‘racist’ groupies. Yet when it comes to understand the religion, you take not time in doing that or effort, your too lazy and dont have the brain power to research and have an empty cup to understand. Ignorance and stereotypes behold you and are well rooted in you.
Its funny you talk about this girl yet you dont know much about her, and you accuse knowing you have no ground, you talk about ruining her reputation when your words are so filthy they already tainted her reputation. And you dont even know what she did or have done, yet you make up things as you type, if your read the post you’d know that what is said about her is to prove she is no role model, not to taint her reputation, but i guess ignorance is infinit for you.
You sound disressed, in need of major therapy. Whats wrong, hate eating away inside you? Taking out your frustrations of the net? Pathatic really.
The only intellegent thing about what you wrote is the fact you can write or type. In terms of content, it is more like A white supremecist talking to an African American, Asian, or any other race.
You should read “White Man’s Burden”, it will suit you.
So you read a few books maybe ? Religion for Dummies? and learned a few words here and there, so you ATTEMPT to stabb religion with your half truths and out of context phrases, and your only ground is bring analogies from crazy extremists who claim they are muslims when they have nothing to do with Islam, and you would know that if you had a profound understanding. Yet you try to rally behind you a mob of fools, just like the lenching day of the KKK, or the days of burning witchs in England. And you speak of open mindness and enlightenment, while in your darkness you dwell, blinded by half truths you think is light.
Islam has its extremiest, Just as the KKK were extremist of Christianity, in the early 1900s yet had nothing to do with Christians yet they claimed its for religion, and you talk about history? Ignorance is a theme for you LOOL , pathatic really.
The great thing is, you will still dwell in hate and in your empty space, while Islam grows and is the truth, and it breaks you, no matter how much you insult or say or do, like those before you it will break you. come to think of it, your insults reflect who you are, and I guess we all know what you are.
And I dont know what is a waste, having the time to reply this post or even reading your post. come to think of it, why bother to even read what you write or reply to this website, You speak of freedom of speak and thought, yet your racist and stereotypical minds are inclosed in walls they can’t break from to HAVE THE TIME to understand and consider with no PREJUDICE, what irony, the people who speak of freedom dont even portray it or have the ethical and respectful ways to paint it.
that is why one must rise higher than this, and that is why you are the peasant dwelling in your hate, and am free of what you say, thats why I wont reply to your posts or even be on this WEBSITE, I am free and you are a slave of your own ignorance and hate, and desires that incapsule you flip flopping your mood from one day to the next. Until you realize when Death comes, how you wronged yourself.
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Damn. That guy must have pressed a button DEEP in your subconsciousness!
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I know Al-Thawadi too, where the hell are you kuti? Haven’t talked to you in two years…..You know who this is pagal…catch on yet?
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Has anyone seen Mr. UNIBROW around the Island of late? Or has he moved on to Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University in Riyadh to tell tales of his part in taking down BIG BROTHER?
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Hello people
just wanted to let you know that this is the infamous Al-Thawadi lol
This blog is great! great disccussion!
but wanna know, who is this guy? I dont really have any friends that are vocal about their religious beleifs…not to this extent atleast…you said ur a good friend of mine? names plz
if u guys wanna get intouch, im on zalthawadi@hotmail.com
see ya
I AM AL-THAWADI
Hello people
just wanted to let you know that this is the infamous Al-Thawadi lol
This blog is great! great disccussion!
but wanna know, who is this guy? I dont really have any friends that are vocal about their religious beleifs…not to this extent atleast…you said ur a good friend of mine? names plz
if u guys wanna get intouch, im on zalthawadi@hotmail.com
see ya
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HI guys! its zain again
i just read that nasty reply from that religious person! i still have no idea who you are.
But from the way you described me, you Definately don’t know me
BTW … I never chase after guys, they chase me
LOL
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just ignore it and take it into your stride, only a fruitful tree gets pelted with rocks.
Good to have you on though!
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your a sick person!
GUYS, this person is a potential serial killer or a uni bomber!! honestly!
does anyone here have a degree in psychological profiling? take a look at this nutt case!!!
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THANX mahmood!
it’s great to be on board! good job with this btw!
See ya
First time we had “Big Brother” in Germany I was disgusted.
I thought it is unrational to life in such a prison (well, made of gold anyway) and perform bunches of stupidness.
Few seasons later everybody know hat the show is boring, boring, boring… nobody watch it anymore. I don´t know if its still aired.
So, don´t worry about this nonsense. Everything will be fine after a while.