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Feminists Refuse to Defend Evangelical Who Criticizes Islamic Treatment of Women

May 2, 2010 by B. Daniel Blatt

Over at Big Government, Danielle Avel is taking feminists to task for their silence in the wake of Evangelical Rev. Franklin Graham’s disinvitation from the National Day of Prayer event at the Pentagon “because of his remarks about Islam which included, ‘When you look at what the religion [Islam] does to women and women alone, it is just horrid’“:

Feminists certainly could have come out in support of Franklin Graham’s truthful remarks and brought attention to some simple facts, like how women who live under Shariah Law are virtual prisoners and are not allowed to leave their home unless accompanied by an appropriate male guardian.  Or perhaps, start a discussion on the fact that over 90% of married women in supposedly “moderate Islamic” countries like Pakistan report being “kicked, slapped, beaten, or sexually abused” for crimes like failing to cook or clean to their husbands’ approval or for giving birth to a girl instead of a boy.  Maybe it would have been a good time to mention that now even here in the United States, fathers, brothers, and sons sometimes feel they have the right to viciously attack and murder their own female relatives in order to preserve their so-called “honor.”  At the very least, it would have been an appropriate moment for some feminist group to denounce the heinous practice of female genital mutilation or the stoning to death of women who are raped.  What about the Islamic tradition of forcing children to “marry” adult men who then take complete control over their little bodies — control enough to rape little girls to death as we saw in Yemen just weeks ago.

Even though feminists generally remain silent about this issue, the treatment of women in Islam can be, as Franklin Graham stated, “horrid.”

Guess the feminist groups fear that if they dare condemn the violence against women in Islamic cultures, they might forfeit their membership in the “Coalition of the Oppressed.”  Seems these feminist groups have a lot in common with European gay groups — and indeed gay groups in the United States.

Filed Under: Identity Politics, Islamic War on Gays, Liberal Hypocrisy

Comments

  1. Ashpenaz says

    May 2, 2010 at 2:23 pm - May 2, 2010

    Islam doesn’t do anything to women. Islam, if followed as Muhammad (PBUH) intended, gives equality to women. His first wife, the one who supported him during is early visions, was an intelligent businesswoman.

    Middle Eastern Culture oppresses women. Islam was meant to lift that part of civilization out of tyranny. The fact that Middle Eastern men don’t follow Muhammad (PBUH) is not Islam’s fault.

    Franklin Graham is a religious bigot who bears false witness against Muslims. I’m glad he’s getting no support from either women or the Pentagon.

  2. The_Livewire says

    May 2, 2010 at 7:54 pm - May 2, 2010

    They can attack Franklin Grahm because he doesn’t blow them up in retaliation.

    Ashpenaz, again shows he’s unfortunately drifting farther from reality.

  3. Ashpenaz says

    May 2, 2010 at 9:01 pm - May 2, 2010

    What, in my above post, is untrue?

  4. anon says

    May 3, 2010 at 3:58 am - May 3, 2010

    Muslim women go out on their own, earn, and even become political leaders. They are Scholars, Judges, Doctors…etc.

    Domestic voilence–Does occur in countries with Muslim populations—but it also occurs in secular democracies such as the U.S.—does that make secular democracies “evil”?

    FGM—is practiced only in Africa, among both Christian and Muslim sects…..but has nothing to do with religion—it is a tribal practice.

  5. Evan Hurst says

    May 3, 2010 at 4:12 am - May 3, 2010

    Maybe feminists are just mature enough to understand that not only is treatment of women by Islamic radicals abhorrent, but extremist Christians like Franklin Graham are also assholes, just like extremist Jews are assholes. The common denominator is that fundamentalist religion creates the most obnoxious, ill bred people on the planet.

    Simple, really.

  6. The_Livewire says

    May 3, 2010 at 6:46 am - May 3, 2010

    As opposed to those paragons of Athestic beliefs, Stalin, Lenin, Mao, and Che?

    Or maybe you’re selectively forgetting such ‘fundamentalists’ as Emperor Constatine (with his battlefield conversion, and the works he wrote), or Pope John Paul II (with his work against Socialists) or Martin Luther (with his work putting the Word in the hands of Man).

    While these men were flawed, I doubt I’d call them ‘obnoxious, ill bred people’.

    Your desperate attempt to tar the faith of others is truly pathetic, Evan.

  7. rodney says

    May 3, 2010 at 9:32 am - May 3, 2010

    Holy Shit!!! Franklin Graham is an extremist?
    Hell, his Baptists won’t even put paprika in their picnic potato salad they’re so bland and middle of the “Bible road.”
    Sheesh!
    No wonder lefties cannot distinguish a literal extremist movement hellbent on the destruction of us and our way of life…!!!

  8. North Dallas Thirty says

    May 3, 2010 at 1:03 pm - May 3, 2010

    Maybe feminists are just mature enough to understand that not only is treatment of women by Islamic radicals abhorrent, but extremist Christians like Franklin Graham are also assholes, just like extremist Jews are assholes.

    Which is, of course, why they support and endorse Islamic radicals and attack all Christians and Jews.

    So clearly it’s not the treatment that bothers gay liberals like Evan Hurst; it’s the religion. Evan Hurst will support anything as long as it’s not Christianity or Judaism.

    The common denominator is that fundamentalist religion creates the most obnoxious, ill bred people on the planet.

    Actually, that honor should go to liberalism, as we see in these statements endorsed and supported by Truth Wins Out and Ex-Gay Watch. In addition, it’s interesting that these liberal sites actually promote and encourage attacks and violence against gay and lesbian people who disagree with them.

  9. Classical Liberal Dave says

    May 3, 2010 at 8:45 pm - May 3, 2010

    NDT,

    I’ve corresponded with Hurst. I can corroborate your opinion of him.

    I read over Tintin’s vile little screed against Dan and left this comment:

    The loathsome piece of shit you smell is yourself.

    And it’s Evan Hurst who is the illiterate prick.

    I hope Evan and Tintin enjoy it. 😉

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