The war against Islamic brutality

The war against Islamic brutality towards women is everyone's responsibility,

There are women in the world of Islam who are fighting to end this evil.

One is Irshad Manji, her web site is http://irshadmanji.com

To enslave half of the populations of Islamic countries is just plain wrong.

It is worse than slavery, in some Islamic countries they practice female circumcision, which renders women incapable of sexual feelings.

The thinking behind this ancient custom is that women cannot be trusted to control themselves as they are inherently sinful.

Women have to walk noiselessly behind men or they are punished.

Women has been publicly whipped for being raped.

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In Saudi Arabia a Fatwa was released recently demanding that women have only one eye uncovered, as with two eyes they are still able to ensnare innocent men.

I have read of women who are content with the burka, like Patty Hearst was content with her captivity by the SLA.

The western world should have left in place more stringent controls over Iran and the Arab governments when we allowed them to form governments at the end of colonialism.

Women’s rights were not considered important at that time.

Most people in the world have come to realize that women are human beings with feelings and abilities.

The Arab countries have hundreds of years of experience with the oppression of women, and it is getting worse.

Perhaps the one virtue of Saddam Hussein was his opposition to Sharia, he outlawed the hijab and female circumcision .

We cannot leave these innocent people worse off than they were before.

I would rather Islamic countries modernize themselves, but the trend has been the opposite

Islamic countries see women as slave owners saw slaves in the old South, as not quite human.

In Afghanistan, members of the Taliban have thrown acid in little girls faces for going to school.

If the U.S. and western countries take a strong diplomatic stand against oppression of women, backed by tough sanctions, that would be one way to go.

On the other hand reports out of Afghanistan and Iraq show we have made significant dents in Sharia laws dehumanizing of women.

I can’t think of a more important issue right now than rescuing millions of people from degradation and a life of brutal oppression for themselves and their daughters, than this one today.

Turning our back on others as a country is not unprecedented, we turned our back on the Jews while they were being slaughtered in the thirties.

Most people now agree this was immoral.

Can we turn our back again?