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Trevor Blake: Where Are You NOW? [LINK-ZUM]

Backstory: A woman in Saudi Arabia has been sentences to 200 lashes for being outside her house without the supervision of a male relative. This after she was gang raped.

27 May 2007:
Christina Hoff Sommers (quoted by OVO October 2007): "If you go to the websites of major women's groups, such as the National Organization for Women, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the National Council for Research on Women, or to women's centers at our major colleges and universities, you'll find them caught up with entirely other issues, seldom mentioning women in Islam. [...] The condition of Muslim women may be the most pressing women's issue of our age, but for many contemporary American feminists it is not a high priority. Why not?"

October 2007:
OVO: "What -ism is it in the West that is addressing atrocities like this? At present, it isn't feminism. Feminism in the West currently devotes a great deal of effort critiquing body image in the mass media. This is a topic well worth addressing, but it is utterly insignificant in the face of what is happening to women (and men, particularly homosexual men) in Muslim nations. The -ism in the West that is addressing atrocities like this is atheism."

17 November 2007:
Advice Goddess: "Meanwhile, the National Organization For Women has been bizzy, bizzy, bizzy protesting a bunch of rather benign ads they find 'offensive to women,' yet not a peep out of the ladies about Saudi Arabia's punishment for this Saudi rape victim (apparently increased because she complained about how little punishment her attackers got)."

19 November 2007:
Glenn Beck: "Before the break I promised you that I`d read the full statement of outrage from the National Organization of Women and organizations like that, about the case in Saudi Arabia where a rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and thrown in jail for being raped. So here they are. [... silence... ]"

20 November 2007:
This is Mission Critical: "Now, before I rage about how terrible this makes the country of Saudi Arabia look, please permit me one brief diversion. Reading the article, I went to the website of the National Organization of Women, expecting to find them up in arms over this absolutely ludicrous treatment of a fellow woman. Alas, not a single mention. Read that again as well. The leading feminist organization in the biggest democracy in the world cannot be bothered to care about a woman who is being punished for (1) being out on her own, and then (2) punished again for speaking out against gang rape. What else is so important to NOW that they don't have the time to once mention this unnamed Saudi woman? Let's look. At 8:34 P.M. on 20 November 2007, the leading news article on NOW is about holiday shopping."

21 November 2007:
Bloodthirsty Liberal: "Now I'm curious, what has NOW (National Organization of Women) said about this case? See for yourself. Hint: you have to go way past 'Easy Holiday Shopping That Supports Women's Rights' and 'No Reward for Imus'... and you still won't find it."

Labels: islam, sex, theocracy

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