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Trevor Blake: NOW and Sharia [LINK-ZUM]

In my post titled Where Are You NOW? I asked why the National Organization of Women has so far made no comment about a women sentenced to 200 lashes for the crime (under Muslim law) of being outdoors without a male relative as a chaperon. This after she was gang raped. My post has since been quoted in Technoccult.

Does NOW refrain from commenting when women are sentenced to lashings? If so, this is a change from 2001 when they spoke out against it. Does NOW refrain from commenting about Muslim law (also known as sharia law)? If so, this is a change from 2002 when they spoke out against it. In the past NOW has spoken out against lashings and against Muslim law. Is the difference cause by the passage of time, or the fact that NOW is willing to criticise some Muslim nations (Nigeria) and not others (Saudi Arabia), or is it for some other reason?

The Bush administration funded the Taliban to the tune of US$43 million (just a few months before 9/11 - read about that spinning to the left or to the right). The Bush administration has ignored years of evidence that the government and wealthy of Saudi Arabia are largely responsible for 9/11 and other acts of jihad. But the Bush administration did say something about this women's sentence. They said they the sentence was "discouraging and outrageous." Even that weak response is more than NOW has offered us.

Labels: fascism, islam, sex, theocracy

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