Islamic Creationist Cult, with "Feminist" views

[tankgirl]

I watched most of the video, but this was just all sorts of all over the place. Cult practices, wealthy leader, weird, faux feminist views, with more make-up and plastic surgery, then a "House wifes of..." show. Thought this was worth, a look at, I would be interested in learning more about them.

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/video/inside-the-weird-world-of-an-islamic-feminist-cult?utm_source=broadlyfbukads

[Cartmann99]

I would liked to have seen pictures of the "kittens" before they had all that work done.  Those women must spend a ton of money on make-up every month. 

[Howl]

Awesome find! This cult must order bulk Botox.  The lips, the LIPS!  I wonder if this is the Islamic Bill Gothard.  Instead of crunchy curls....it's blond hair and big lips....and breast augmentation.  Lots of breast augmentation. 

 

[formergothardite]

This is just weird. It is like a dash of Gothard who wants all the women around him to look just the same, with a dash of Playboy Bunny along with some fake fossils and Islam. This is just weird. 

[tankgirl]

Got to finish watching the video and how odd they wouldn't let them even film, that poor interviewers make up job. The whole thing, is so all over. I really need to look up more on this guy as this is just too odd for words!

[Cleopatra7]

This is just weird. It is like a dash of Gothard who wants all the women around him to look just the same, with a dash of Playboy Bunny along with some fake fossils and Islam. This is just weird. 

The scene with the journalist, Oktar, and "the kittens" grooving in their seats was especially weird. It was like she was an ordinary person who got dropped into an alternate reality where all the women look like a comedy sketch's idea of a Real Housewife. Also, "the kittens" had really weird skin color, like they either had full body make-up to appear lighter or they were bleaching their skin en masse. If the group is so "feminist," why do all "the kittens" have to not only look alike, but adhere to a bizarre Eurocentric standard of beauty? The journalist clearly wanted to ask more, but wasn't allowed for whatever reason.

[Cleopatra7]

Here is a long article from Slate that provides some more background on "the kittens":

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/05/building_bridges_the_sexy_kittens_of_turkish_tv.html

I suddenly remembered where I heard Oktar's name before. He writes under the pen name Harun Yahya and has been written up in "Skeptic" magazine and "The Skeptical Inquirer."

[PregnantPornStar]

Well, this guy is all over the place nutty. The creationism is bad enough, but he is a holocaust denier, anti-Semite, and has all sorts of weird history.

[CyborgKin]

6 minutes ago, PregnantPornStar said:

Well, this guy is all over the place nutty. The creationism is bad enough, but he is a holocaust denier, anti-Semite, and has all sorts of weird history.

Creationism seems like the least harmful of those three things though.

[PregnantPornStar]

23 minutes ago, CyborgKin said:

Creationism seems like the least harmful of those three things though.

Yes, absolutely.  This guy is scary. 

[Nomorearrows]

well this is certainly weird...lots of cognitive dissonance