[Tzimisce]

But I was told that Islam respects women.

[Rakkasan1]

sounds like Borak should be from Saudi.

[doc30]

But I was told that Islam respects women

As long as they are virtuous. By being alone in a car with a friend, she was obviously an immoral whore who deserved to be rapes and is likely being punished for her lack of virtue and for dishonoring her family by being promiscuous with those men. Good girls don't do things like that, at least according to muslim values.

[Eagle of Liberty]

But I was told that Islam respects women.

Yea, they respect them so much and have so little trust in other men in their society that they must hide their women away and shroud every inch of them in clothing.

That is it! If they are so religious and pure, why is it that they do not have more self-control over their own actions? They must hide the women because they do not trust themselves or other men? Wonderful society. I mean praying five times a day doesn't drive some morals into your head?

[mockingbyrd]

and that women feel respected in Islam....

excuse me while I puke.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Read the Book "The Arab Mind." The Arab culture from the Desert is largely the origin of the Saudi brand of Islam. Mohammad was from Mecca, and Islam adopted some of this culture, but the Wahabbis from Saudi are more conservative than other Arab countries. I lived there for 5 years in the 80s. Crime is virtually nonexistent (except for sexcrimes-don't let your children play alone outside). Islam does have a double standard for adultery. It allows men to do so, but not women. The penalty for adultery is stoning to death. Married men are allowed concubines.
In the desert culture, your future and life depended on survival of your family group (usually multi-generational with several families). If you lost your women, your family was threatened.
While in Saudi, we were warned that if single people were out at a restaurant together that the religious police would sometimes question them for IDs showing that they were married. I never saw that happen while I was there, but heard about it happening. There is really no dating in Saudi, especially out in public.
In the Arab culture, if you go up to a house, knock on the door and the wife comes to the door, then the husband comes up, he will presume fooling around.