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Women's Rights Weakens Orthodox Islam

The European Union recently approved a new ruling that strengthens women's rights. Under the new law, forced marriage and female genital mutilation are completely prohibited.

The easiest way to weaken orthodox Islam without excess resistance is to strengthen a commitment worldwide to human rights for women. And this is a good example: No child marriage and no clitoridectomies, regardless of what your religious beliefs are, because they are human rights violations, and that's more important than respect for religion when the two are in conflict.

The principle is simple: Religious tolerance is great. But not at the expense of human rights. Human rights trumps religious tolerance.

This forces Muslims to become less orthodox. It encourages an attitude of being selective about what edicts to follow from Islamic doctrine. That directly opposes fundamentalism.

Citizen Warrior is the author of the book, Getting Through: How to Talk to Non-Muslims About the Disturbing Nature of Islam and also writes for Inquiry Into Islam, History is Fascinating, and Foundation for Coexistence. Subscribe to Citizen Warrior updates here. You can send an email to CW here.

5 comments:

  1. The law of Islam Sharia cannot be abrogated.

    Quran can be and has been.

    There is no separation of Sharia & State in Islam.

    Removing Sharia the law of Islam removes Islam altogether.

    That would be the greatest service to all of humanity.

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  2. Walter Sieruk10:48 AM

    Regarding the brutal cruel oppressive misogyny of Islam the truth the terrible truth about it was revealed by a scholar of Islam who revealed in her book “Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islam ideology.” Furthermore, the author also exposed that `” Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.” [1]


    [1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, pages 171,172.

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  3. Walter Sieruk10:59 AM


    Islam has its Sharia with contains much ruthless horrible misogyny. Therefore, it should be made known about the actual origin of Sharia is revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995 " For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” .page 150.


    Therefore Sharia is of pagan origin and therefore has no value or worth.

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  4. Walter Sieruk11:18 AM

    Islam with its Sharia is very brutal cruel oppressive and even deadly misogyny is horrendously evil towards both girls and woman.


    Therefore, it should be made known that the actual origin of Sharia had been revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995 " For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” .page 150.


    Therefore Sharia is of pagan origin and therefore has no value or worth.

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  5. Walter Sieruk11:53 AM

    That Islamic tyranny of Iran is based on Islam with its Sharia is, very much, anti-female towards both girls and women.


    The de-humanizing burqa is demeaning and degrading to females , both girls and women.


    The Burqa is one aspect of the oppressive misogyny of Islam.


    A scholar of Islam who revealed the disturbing horrible truth in her book “Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islam ideology.” Furthermore, the author also exposed that `” Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.” [1]



    [1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, pages 171,172.

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