Militant Islamists ok with porn - why aren't we surprised?
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Apparently, the religious zealotry of Islamic extremists in Pakistan does not extend to pornography. In Karachi, Pakistan just under the nose of the Taliban and other conservative Islamic groups, theaters in Pakistan show pornographic movies to packed audiences.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
3/10/2012 (1 decade ago)
Published in Middle East
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (Catholic Online) - In the halls of the cinema, moviegoers smoke hashish. Men in the audience cheer and whistle as women shed their clothing and engage with men in overt acts classified as both "soft-core" and "hardcore" pornography. The depravity of the audience continues, even worsens, for the duration of the show.
Women's schools are being bombed and religious shrines are attacked, yet the cinemas continue to do brisk business. Although the owners must pay regular bribes to officials and terror leaders, they are permitted to trade in smut as long as the extremists profit.
Lala Fida Mohammad Khan, a former film producer said, "Every show in these cinemas is house-full. Everyone knows what fare each cinema churns out, everyone is involved. Daily three shows are run and on Sundays there is a morning matinee as well. On the auspicious Eid days, there are usually five shows so people can come right after the congregation."
Some of the cinema owners have strong connections to political families and enjoy government protection.
According to locals, there are only nine cinemas left in Peshwar, but all of them show porn with the exception of the one run by the Pakistani Air Force.
According to Kahn, Most of the attendees are said to be Afghan refugees who have fled the country since the Soviet invasion of the 80s, but that locals rarely venture into the theaters.
The smut films are also sold, and even exported into Afghanistan where they are part of a booming underground media business.
It seems ironic that Islamic extremists, who are quick to point out the excesses and vice in the western world would themselves tolerate - even participate in - activity that objectifies humans as mere sexual animals and encourages promiscuity and evil, all for a fistful of rupees. But considering some of their own and daily behavior, and the way they regard women within their own society, it probably shouldn't be a surprise at all.
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