Elton John Concert Cancelled – Accused Of Being A Danger To Society
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Elton John was, due to give a private concert in Egypt later this month, until the Egyptian musicians’ union stepped in.
Mounir al-Wasimi, head of the union, announced on Sunday that he is “co-ordinating” with the authorities to stop the concert going ahead because Elton John is gay, believes Jesus was gay too, and has been critical of organized religions.
Last week there were two other developments in Egypt along similar lines. A group of lawyers launched an obscenity case against the ancient collection of folk tales, One Thousand and One Nights, and the interior ministry started to implement a ban on the holding of Sufi dhikr ceremonies in mosques.
Brian Whittaker in The Guardian talks about the laxness of regulation in the Arab world, but hard line morality laws that are far from lax.
Just a few days ago, a 17-year-old Saudi youth was sentenced to 100 lashes and a year’s internal exile for having premarital sex. Meanwhile, in the badly regulated transport sector. road deaths in Saudi Arabia, per head of population, are more than five times the rate in western Europe, and more than a third of all the kingdom’s road accidents are said to be caused by drivers ignoring red lights.
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If a White guy wore Elton’s outfit in Arizona-would it make him appear foreign?
Egyptian authorities are right to cancel a concert by that heathen Elton John. He says things that are very un-Muslim and un-Egyptian. He doesn’t believe in Family Values and he’s a threat to everything Egypt stands for.
More than a threat, Elton terrifies them.
I hear many Queens are not amused…;-)
Wow, 1001 Nights obscene huh. Hmm, I inherited a first edition, 17 volume set of this when the ‘rental units passed away. I think it is high time it comes off the shelf and I read it. You know, just to make sure it is obscene and all. Anyone here read it?
As a 20 something, I love Elton John, and I know he transcends all ages. He and his husband tried to adopt a child just a few months ago and were denied because of “teh ghey”. Why can these religious ding bats just concern themselves with their own sex lives, you know get some, and they won’t be worrying about what the rest of us are freaking to? No need to answer me, there is no answer. It is just my inside voices asking the question, while sitting waiting for a BORING meeting to get started.
Anyone here read it?
I’ve read some parts of it. There’s a lot of sex in it (a lot of sexism, too). It’s early medieval pop culture, really, collected before the scowling clerical weirdbeards got such a grip on the Middle East. Which is why they don’t like it.
ooh, then it is coming off the shelf tonight to be read at my leisure. Love the term scowling clerical weirdbeards by the way.
I think if those guys had their way, the only form of entertainment allowed would be scowling contests. They look like they’ve got plenty of experience.
Arabian Nights, as I knew it as a kid, was full of adventure and humor. I know the real version included the beheading of virgins, but the kid version was great.
Monsieur al-Wasami is soooo gay. Guess running red lights doesn’t tick off Allah. The world is full of crazy fuckers, said Captain Obvious.
The man is a musical God~! And the kindest heart. And the greatest generosity!~
but, I don’t agree with the Yeshua was gay deal… Peter was gay and couldn’t handle it. But that another story. We all know Jesus was married to Mary M. And she bore him a daughter named Sarah… in France. They moved to England and back to France and then Sarah and her family are lost to history. No, really. REally!
No Dan Brown… this is REALLY.
I hope Sir Elton gets his stage, if he still wants it.
Well, that’s something I never thought I’d see — a man dressed even more outrageously than the Pope.
Hardly surprising that Elton John would run into problems in a country where homosexuality can get you 25 years’ hard labor. What actually startled me about this is the obscenity case against the Thousand and One Nights. Yes, there’s certainly plenty in it that blue-noses would object to, but it’s also a major work of Arabic literature. If it could be banned, so could the work of some of the great Arab poets of medieval times. They’re destroying their own culture for the sake of that stupid religion.
I think the Pope gives Elton a run for his money, especially around Easter time, but overall the Pope’s dresses are way to long.
I am surprised that Elton considered going there at all, he must know Gay/Muslim country is an incendiary mix. Or, perhaps it was his plan, expose them for bigots they are.