Most Muslims -- women and men -- consider it self-evident that men are superior to women. Going further, they justify many manifestations of inequality as inherent in Islam. In fact, women are regarded in a number of contemporary Muslim societies as less than fully human because it is widely believed that in some contexts (such as inheritance or witnessing to contracts), one man is equal to two women. Most Muslim females, learning their culture's assumptions even before they learn language, and denied the opportunity to become educated, also internalize this belief.
As always, you're probably right. It's easy for some to conflate Iraq and Israel/Palestine. But I think there has been an example of a female suicide bomber in Iraq, but the details elude me (please correct if in error).
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Date: 2007-08-30 04:04 pm (UTC)I must be getting more right-wing with age.
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Date: 2007-08-31 05:07 pm (UTC)- Plato
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Date: 2007-08-31 05:47 pm (UTC)Funny, thats what I thought about your quote.
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Date: 2007-08-31 06:00 pm (UTC)Most Muslims -- women and men -- consider it self-evident that men are superior to women. Going further, they justify many manifestations of inequality as inherent in Islam. In fact, women are regarded in a number of contemporary Muslim societies as less than fully human because it is widely believed that in some contexts (such as inheritance or witnessing to contracts), one man is equal to two women. Most Muslim females, learning their culture's assumptions even before they learn language, and denied the opportunity to become educated, also internalize this belief.
You be wrong bitch.
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