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Kuwait grants women right to vote (Democractic Breakthrough In Middle East)
Swiss Info/Reuters ^
| 16 May 2005
| Haitham Haddadin
Posted on 05/16/2005 2:38:59 PM PDT by Cornpone
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:39:00 PM PDT
by
Cornpone
To: Cornpone
More bad news for democrats. And their Islamofascist supporters.
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:41:28 PM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(Democrat or Communist? Is there a difference?)
To: Cornpone
Don't look for feminists to applaud this development.
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:42:17 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Cornpone
WOW! Congratulations to the Kuwait women. They have achieved something that no one believe possible. May it spread throughout the land.
Thanks for posting this. Also, thanks for your service.
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:42:33 PM PDT
by
yellowdoghunter
(Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
To: Cornpone
But veteran lawmaker Ahmad al-Saadoun challenged these MPs to come up with a single Koranic verse or saying of the prophet Mohammad that opposes voting rights for women.Heh heh. I like this guy.
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:42:44 PM PDT
by
exnavychick
(There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
To: Cornpone
"Baghdad Jim" McDermott is deeply saddened...
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:45:46 PM PDT
by
Toliy
To: exnavychick
But veteran lawmaker Ahmad al-Saadoun challenged these MPs to come up with a single Koranic verse or saying of the prophet Mohammad that opposes voting rights for women.Surah 4:34 - Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them. Allah is high and supreme.
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:46:29 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Cornpone
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:48:33 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:49:28 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Ron in Acreage
To: Cornpone
Here comes the destruction of Kuwait. Next thing ya know they'll start letting 'em drive....geezzz... You'd think they'd learn from us on what happened after we let women vote and drive!
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:54:47 PM PDT
by
nobody_knows
(Mother hold the candle steady while I shave the chicken's lips.)
To: minus_273
minus_273 wrote:
its all Bush's fault!
--> You beat me to it!
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posted on
05/16/2005 2:55:10 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: Cornpone
The Bush Doctrine at work....
To: Cornpone
No thanks to NOW and the leftists.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:08:55 PM PDT
by
visualops
(Leftists are lunatics.)
To: Cornpone
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:15:52 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: mvpel
It's all in the interpretation, FRiend. LOL.
I, for one, am glad to see that Kuwaiti women will get to vote and run for office.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:16:26 PM PDT
by
exnavychick
(There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
To: Cornpone
I hope having female voters works out better for the Kuwaitis than it has for us; if only men voted, Bush would have won close to 400 electoral votes and the GOP would have over 60% in both the House and Senate.
I keed, I keed. : )
But seriously, I'm glad to see the Kuwaitis boldly move into the 20th Century 100 years after the fact. Hopefully, the voices of women will help introduce other human rights into the region, such as the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:38:31 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: nobody_knows
Unlike Saudi Arabia, Kuwaiti women do drive, had two near miss accidents in roundabouts with women driving while talking on the cell phone.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:52:59 PM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Cornpone
BUMP
EVERYONE should read this and follow this story...it is very historic in that part of the world...
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:14:49 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(I joined the EEEVVIILLLL Sam's Club on Friday, April 22nd, 2005.....)
To: exnavychick
True. I've always found it odd those who claim Mohammed would have opposed equal rights for women. After all, wasn't be bankrolled by his older wife Qadditha (No idea re the pelling) from the proceeds of her caravan/trading business for a long time?
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:15:44 PM PDT
by
Androcles
(All your typos are belong to us)
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