Meet An Atheist

The thoughts and rants of a proud member of one of the worlds most maligned and slandered groups.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Here is another very brave woman living in a suppressive Arab country.

At 1/16/2007 3:02 PM, Stardust said...: Good post, I hope you don't mind that I have linked to it (giving you credit for finding it) on my blog and at GifS. This video needs to be seen.
This is indeed a brave woman. She and others like her are in for a long and difficult struggle.

Wikipedia states, "Muslims generally reject the term feminism because they link it with Western promiscuity, sexual freedom, and negligence of childbearing. Nevertheless, feminism has so profoundly influenced Islam, especially among Western Muslims, that Muslims as a whole do not realize Islam was ever not feminist. Muslim literature, especially in proselytizing, emphasize the complementarian view that men and women are different but equal.

However, critics of Islam claim that the Qur'an and Muhammad are misogynist and cannot consistently be reconciled with feminism. These include polygamy, wife beating (under certain extreme conditions), the existence of houris in paradise, the lack of female imams and prophets, and demanding that women's first responsibility is to bear children."
At 1/17/2007 3:06 PM, Butch said...: Wow. That woman has more balls than any three men I’ve ever met put together. She really looks unafraid and it appears she lives in a place were her opinions, or even the fact that she has opinions and voices them, puts her in mortal danger. I am impressed beyond measure. I wish her the best.