Save Women Now

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
March 4, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/429/save-women-now-the-upcoming-london-and-washington

Excerpt:

I stopped marching or rallying a long time ago. Chalk it up to older age and common sense. Sadly, I have not celebrated International Womans' Day for years now because I can no longer march with people who use womens' rights to argue for "anti-racism" i.e. who carry signs and chant anti-American and anti-Israel slogans. You know who I mean: The anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, anti-globalism crowd. In their view, Islamic/Islamist values deserve to exist globally; the values of the Western Enlightenment had better keep atoning for its many alleged sins and crimes.

However, this March 7-8th, two International Womans' Day rallies promise to be different. I wish I could "dance at two weddings." One rally will take place in Washington D.C., the other in London. Neither march is owned by any political party or by any existing ideology. Both are daring to focus on the enormous and profound oppression of Muslim women, both in Muslim countries and in the West.

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