Posted: Oct 22, 2014 7:53 am
monkeyboy wrote:Blackadder wrote:
"We would like the NHS to work with mainstream Islamic scholars and Muslim groups in helping such individuals. Faith-based support should be offered as long as it does not contradict or oppose conventional medicine or treatment."
Earlier this month, Amina MWRC, in conjunction with the Rationalist Society of Pakistan, held an event titled Jinn, Black Magic and the Evil Eye: Fact or Fiction?
Good luck with that. Belief in Jinns and black magic is very much part of mainstream Islam. The only contribution they will get from mainstream Islamic scholars is yet more fuckwittery.
Thankfully, in some parts we are seeing more enlightened Imams who can reconcile their beliefs in Jiins with the existence of mental illnesses and are able to give spiritual comfort to people receiving evidence based treatment to diagnosed illnesses/conditions. Change is happening, just at glacial pace.
I wonder if we need to think through that type of thing. If the imam believes in Jinn (are there women imams?) is he actually able to help?
As a child I sometimes thought there were trolls under the pavement and therefore had to avoid stepping on the cracks. Should I have sought out a troll priest?
If a society does not understand "madness", does not have an understanding of child development, of emotional intelligence, do I really go to someone who also has no understanding of these matters?
Isn't it a simple professional malpractice issue? If you are not qualified, why because you belong to a certain religion are you believed to be?