the "crime" of trusting islamic men
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miriam_eGo to Amnesty International's action list, scroll down to "The Girl from al-Qatif" and take the link to embarrass the Saudi government into at least trying to fix their medieval culture.
A 19-year-old woman, known only as "The Girl from al-Qatif," has been sentenced to 200 lashes and a 6-month prison term for being alone in private with a member of the opposite sex who was not an immediate family member. Call on the Saudi authorities to repeal this sentence of flogging.
Why is it that a girl has to cover herself from head to toe and heavily circumscribe her every action, living in constant fear of inflaming the desire of the men around her, while a woman can stroll down the main street of Brisbane wearing nothing but a skimpy bikini and expect to come to no harm? Either men in the West are paragons of virtue, or men in islamic society have become so deeply corrupted by their absolute power over women that it has turned them into vile creatures.
What men in islamic (and fundamentalist christian and hindu) society don't realise is that their control and power over women debases and corrupts them. Yes, the women lose out badly, being abused and dehumanised, but the men lose too; they become monsters and lose the chance to a great future accompanied by women as equals.
A 19-year-old woman, known only as "The Girl from al-Qatif," has been sentenced to 200 lashes and a 6-month prison term for being alone in private with a member of the opposite sex who was not an immediate family member. Call on the Saudi authorities to repeal this sentence of flogging.
Why is it that a girl has to cover herself from head to toe and heavily circumscribe her every action, living in constant fear of inflaming the desire of the men around her, while a woman can stroll down the main street of Brisbane wearing nothing but a skimpy bikini and expect to come to no harm? Either men in the West are paragons of virtue, or men in islamic society have become so deeply corrupted by their absolute power over women that it has turned them into vile creatures.
What men in islamic (and fundamentalist christian and hindu) society don't realise is that their control and power over women debases and corrupts them. Yes, the women lose out badly, being abused and dehumanised, but the men lose too; they become monsters and lose the chance to a great future accompanied by women as equals.
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Date: 2007-12-01 06:36 am (UTC)Not only was she punished for being the victim of the crime (WTF?!), but I hear that when she appealed the sentence they doubled the number of lashes. Good message to send-out to other people, huh?
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Date: 2007-12-01 04:37 pm (UTC)