Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Women & Islam






Soon to be banned in many Western Countries.






About 40 cases have been reported in Australia.




4 stories regarding Islam & women


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Woman In Chains: The Islamic Enslavement of Women
Via Western Defence, here is an essay written by a Muslim woman named Parvin Darabi:I am a Moslem woman. I have no face. I have no identity.

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The Burqa Is A Coffin: A Muslim Feminist Speaks Out
Yasmin Alibahi-Brown, a Muslim feminist, speaks out against the veil

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Somali Islamic court: No women on beach (UPDATED)
by The Anti-Jihad Pundit on Sat 21 Oct 2006 18:04 CEST
From
Yahoo! News

MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamic court has banned women from swimming at the main beach in Somalia's capital, the latest step to impose strict religious rule that has sparked fears of an emerging, Taliban-style regime. Sheikh Farah Ali Hussein, chair of a northern Mogadishu Islamic court, said Friday that the ban applies only to the northern Mogadishu Leedo beach, where families usually go on weekends to play and relax. "We stopped women from swimming because it is against the teaching of Islam for women to mingle with men, especially while they are swimming," Hussein said. Since ... more »

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Female mutilation is sick,sick,sick (Warning)
Excerpts from Hosken Report, Somalia Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females, Fourth Revised Edition, 1993 (Women’s International Network News) (PDF 66 KB):

"The child, completely naked, is made to sit on a low stool. Several women take hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her outer and inner lips, the operator, usually a woman experienced in this procedure, sits down facing the child.
With her kitchen knife the operator first pierces and slices open the hood of the clitoris. Then she begins to cut it out. While another woman wipes off the blood with a rag, the operator digs with her sharp fingernail a hole the length of the clitoris to detach and pull out the organ.
The little girl, held down by the women helpers, screams in extreme pain; but no one pays the slightest attention.The operator finishes this job by entirely pulling out the clitoris, cutting it to the bone with her knife. Her helpers again wipe off the spurting blood with a rag.
The operator then removes the remaining flesh, digging with her finger to remove any remnant of the clitoris among the flowing blood. The neighbor women are then invited to plunge their fingers into the bloody hole to verify that every piece of the clitoris is removed."