Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Sharia law firm represented by porn stars

Just another example of the hypocrisy sharia legalism breeds. On the one hand, the Muslim in this story makes it a point to follow the letter of the law, by wanting all women to wear burqas (to preserve their "modesty"), and by approving that men not shake hands with women. Very conservative indeed. However, to make his law firm appealing, he has no problem having two porn actresses -- i.e., according to the sharia he follows, two prostitutes, deserving of stoning -- represent his business. Why? Because sharia doesn't say anything explicit about that -- though one can argue that having pretty "prostitutes" represent your business in order that, beguiled consumers can find it more appealing, is more immoral than shaking hands with women. Doesn't matter; sharia commands the one and is silent about the other.

"'Sharia' Law Firm Secretaries Unmasked as Porn Actresses," from NISNews, August 27:

Faizel Ali Enait refuses to shake hands with women and prefers them to wear burqas. But on the website of his law firm, two hard-core porn actresses posed as its secretaries.

Faizel Ali Enait claims to be a lawyer. He works for Jairam Advocaten, a law firm for Muslims in the Netherlands. Ali Enait lost a court case last week against Rotterdam municipality, which he accused of discrimination.

The municipality rejected the Muslim for a job as client manager at the Social Services department because he refused to shake hands with women. The judges ruled that Rotterdam had the right to do so.

Ali Enait, who regularly appears on talk shows, also wants women to wear burqas. But on the home page of Jairam Advocaten, two porn stars posed as its secretaries. Although wearing clothes, they were identified by news website Geenstijl.nl as well-known 'adult entertainment' models Anetta Keys and Rahilla.

Based on cache data, Geenstijl.nl established that the pictures had already been on the website since 2005. They therefore seem to have been deliberately picked by the 'sharia lawyers'.

Jairam Advocaten removed the porn actresses' portraits from its website yesterday, replacing them with a picture of what appears to be its office. This time Geenstijl.nl discovered that the picture chosen was a prestigious office building in Rotterdam. In reality, Jairam Advocaten is located in a shabby building in Amsterdam.

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