Where have all the Feminists Gone (middle east, deaths, ideology, Jesus)
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Where have all the feminists gone? Dr. Michael Youssef - Guest Columnist - 10/13/2010 10:40:00 AM
[LEFT]I remember back in the late '60s or early '70s, Germaine Greer and many of her feminist cohorts used to appear on Australian television and "pile on" Christianity as an oppressor of women.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Coming fresh out of the Middle East into the West and knowing how Christian women are lovingly treated in comparison to their Muslim counterparts, I wanted to scream at the television:[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Do these people understand that Jesus is the only true liberator of women?
Have they ever read the Bible?
Do they really know what it means to truly oppress women?
Are they so clueless they don't understand that Western civilization came into being because of the light of Christianity?[/LEFT]
[LEFT]But fast forward just a few decades later. Today you see Islamic ideology, with its emphasis on beating women into submission to men, openly and boldly broadcast through the media. Proclaiming that a woman is only equal to half of a man, Sharia courts are spreading (like Kudzu in July here in the South) in England, Europe, and the United States
Last edited by CaseyB; 10-15-2010 at 04:42 AM..
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you make a good point. I think the so-called 'feminists" are a bunch of frauds
It's like saying that the ACLU is for civil rights for white people.
The American feminist is only concerned about themselves.
The American feminist is only concerned about themselves.
Gee, why aren't American feminists focused on some guy in Egypt? Why isn't the tea party concerned about taxes in Sweden, where they are very high? I guess the tea party are frauds, using your logic.
Gee, why aren't American feminists focused on some guy in Egypt? Why isn't the tea party concerned about taxes in Sweden, where they are very high? I guess the tea party are frauds, using your logic.
1. you must have mis-read my aclu comment.
2. yes, I was too harsh on the american feminist. what I mean is that the groups out there who always champion for womens rights are nowhere to be found on this issue.
The feminists are where they have always been, addressing issues facing women around the world, not involving themselves in knee-jerk Islamaphobia. Honor killings are barbaric, and those responsible should face severe penalties. Did you know there are approximately 5,000 honor killings a year worldwide, mainly Muslim. Shocking. Did you know there are over 8,000 Dowry Deaths a year worldwide, mainly Hindu. Shocking, and yet I never see a single post here about it, although I always bring it up in these threads, and there is dead silence. Nada. Where is the outrage about the Dowry Deaths, or "Burning Brides"? So while you all are lamenting the evils of Islam, of which there are many, feminists are actually addressing the issues facing Muslim women, and the very many other issues facing women of all faiths and beliefs around the world.
While we are talking about women and Islam you do realize that Muslim countries have produced seven, yes 7 heads of state, right?
Benazir Bhutto - Pakistan
Mame Madior Boye - Senegal
Tansu Ciller - Turkey
Kaqusha Jashari - Kosovo
Megawati Sukarnoptri - Indonesia
Khaleda Zia - Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasine - Bangladesh
Normal, loving, caring people don't kill their children. In fact, the thought never crosses our minds.
You have to be a nasty, selfish human being to kill your child.
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