[Groop]OT-Nigeria (sorry)

[jo567779@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu]

> In a message dated 11/26/2002 2:51:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> azamin7@pd.jaring.my writes:
> 
> > 1.  Why when a nun covered her body frrom head to toe, she is being
> > respected for her submission to God but when a muslim woman do the same, 
> > she was
> > branded as being oppressed...?

Because a nun won't be whipped bloody and unconscious by Fatwa-issuing cowards 
who beat their women if they step outdoors without the required dress.

I saw on the news that a "Fatwa" has been issued against that newspaper 
reporter who some clerics say has blasphemed Islam. 

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20021126_560.html

The last time Christians were sentenced to death for blaspheming Jesus was 
about 300 years ago. Looks like these clerics need to realize what century they 
are in.

> > 2.  Why when a western woman stay at home to look after the children, she
> > was regarded as sacrificed for her family but when a muslim woman do the 
> > same
> > thing, she need to be libertised....?

Muslim women (such as the ones under the Taliban and elsewhere) are told they 
cannot educate themselves or have careers, the decision is made for them. It is 
not voluntary, as it is for western women.

I sympathize with the Islamic perspective, I really do. Some in the Islamic 
world are going through the same period Christians went through in their 
crusades, 900 years ago. Now it is a Jihad for the other side, I understand 
that. But I have to tell you, their timing is a little off, this is the era of 
religious and personal freedom, not crusades and inquisitions. 

The radical islamicists who stone women, issue fatwas against writers and 
journalists, threaten beauty contestants, and steer airliners into large 
buildings are 900 years out of date. They are the past, and they will be left 
in the ash heap of history.