The Lights are Going Out For Women in the Muslim World

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
November 4, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/370/the-lights-are-going-out-for-women-in-the-muslim

Excerpt:

The American people are voting in droves today. There are incredibly long lines at all my neighborhood polling sites. Feminists are especially concerned with womens’ reproductive rights. They believe that the Democrats share their views.

While this is true, it may be true only for American women, not for women living elsewhere, especially in the Islamic world. Feminists took President Bush to hard task, (and rightly so), for his having de-funded programs that helped women abroad if they also counseled women about abortion.

Islamic fundamentalism is even more dangerous for women. If America is not resolved to stop jihadists, both militarily and educationally, then the lights will continue to go out for women all over the world.

In Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Taliban slaughtered an Afghan midwife in Kandahar whose name was Zarghouna. Her fate will be the fate ever so many more brave Muslim women if the free world allows the jihadists to win.

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