KISS player mouths off on Muslims

[Administrator]

KISS bass player Gene Simmons has caused an uproar among Australia's Muslim community by launching an attack on Islamic culture while in Melbourne.

The lizard-tongued rock god who is touring Australia with the world's most enduring glam rock band launched an attack on Muslim extremists during an interview on Melbourne's 3AW radio - including comments which were labelled inaccurate.

"Extremism believes that it's okay to strap bombs on to your children and send them to paradise and whatever else and to behead people," he said yesterday.

The Israeli-born US musician went on to say Islam was a "vile culture" that treated women worse than dogs.

Muslim women had to walk behind their men and were not allowed to be educated or own houses, he said.

"Your dog, however, can walk side by side, your dog is allowed to have its own dog house... you can send your dog to school to learn tricks, sit, beg, do all that stuff - none of the women have that advantage."

He went on to say the west was under threat.

"This is a vile culture and if you think for a second that it's going to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing coming," he said.


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[MyBlueHeaven]

While Gene Simmons (aka The Demon) has never been the keystone of morality or women's liberation, his commentary does ring true, albeit tactless.

Oddly enough, he portrayed a psuedo-islamic terrorist in an '80's movie(Wanted Dead or Alive, I think) with Rutger Hauer. At the end of the flick, he died after a grenade exploded in his mouth.

[Couchfan2]

I agree gene has not exactly been the most chivalrous guy on the planet himself. But he does make some points.