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The door mats of Islam

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Submitted by Merry Whitney (United States), Dec 26, 2005 at 21:19

Considered collectively, items such as news stories about Nazeer Ahmed (these four daughters had a mother! Where was she?); other accounts of more traditional "honor killings" (these poor girls had mothers who presumably also gave birth to and nurtured the brothers who often commit the "honor" atrocities); television coverage of Palestinian women celebrating suicide deaths of their sons (who can forget the hate-propelled rant of such a mother declaring that if she 'had 100 sons she'd send them all out to kill until all Jews are dead'); the "loving mothers" who stuff their young daughters with food until their skin splits (like a process for fattening up geese for foi gras, see Daniel Pipes' archives), to make them "attractive" to men with apparent fat fetishes; and the general attitude of the women reflected throughout Daniel Pipes' analysis of "Egyptian Family Life in 1919;" one cannot help but to surmise that the apparent belief of these Muslim women in their own inherent inferiority is emphatically justified.

Dr. Pipes' depiction (analysis of "Egyptian Family Life in 1919) of men leaving their wives at home while they frolic with mistresses and whores was not, in 1919 or 1999, unique to Egypt or the Middle East, as anyone could figure out after spending a Saturday afternoon in an American beauty shop. But throughout history, unpleasant consequences for double standard behavior were being inflicted on husbands in the West. If nothing else, American wives taught their husbands the self-preservation value of discretion.

But it is as mothers fulfilling, or not, their fundamental obligation to the children to whom they give birth, that the East - West divide becomes incomprehensible. In the West, we expect greater maternal devotion from the females of any animal species in our zoos, than the apparent zombie presense of Muslim motherhood.


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Title Commenter Date Thread
Common events [104 words]Phil GreendMay 25, 2007 18:0594560
This is utter nonsense. Dont blame Pakistan or Islam [126 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Philip SolomonSep 6, 2006 17:3455100
Naseer Ahmed [878 words]jonny9110Feb 20, 2006 04:1336452
The Pyscho patho'allah'gy of everyday Islamic life [164 words]Ben van de PolderJan 5, 2006 17:5031137
A Pakistani Humbert Humbert ? [189 words]Ben van de PolderJan 5, 2006 17:0931129
Humanity - The Ultimate Dichotomy [53 words]heather clarkJan 5, 2006 01:2831075
Honor Killings are about Gender [126 words]DawnbreakerJan 4, 2006 18:0631058
Evil is evil - no matter the apparent religion [76 words]Joe MarschallJan 1, 2006 03:1030873
Re to JOE [100 words]tom nortonJan 1, 2006 19:4930873
Don't blame Islam or Muslims [98 words]Un DrainedDec 27, 2005 11:5530628
Reply to Un Drained [268 words]frazDec 27, 2005 16:4730628
A religious crime? [87 words]Michael ElvinDec 27, 2005 02:0330613
Michael Elvin's "A RELIGIOUS CRIME "..... [61 words]jacob mandelblumDec 29, 2005 20:0630613
Your bias against islam is showing [113 words]Islam loverJan 1, 2006 00:4330613
Re : Islam lover [66 words]World loverJan 4, 2006 17:3130613
Equal rights [4 words]IanusJan 11, 2006 14:5530613
there is one difference [37 words]Phil GreendMay 25, 2007 18:1130613
crimes have been committed by Baptists and Methodists [28 words]mortal sin DichotomyMar 14, 2009 02:3930613
The door mats of Islam [298 words]Merry WhitneyDec 26, 2005 21:1930601

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