Posted on 08/23/2010 5:27:36 PM PDT by DBCJR
One of the leaders of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero has spent years trying to amplify the voices of educated women within Islam. In this way, Daisy Khan epitomizes the so-called "moderate Muslim" and modernizing force from within Islam that some Americans are impatient to see.
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As I wrote at the time, their idea was "to ensure that women's perspectives on Islamic law become part of religious deliberation in the Muslim world – particularly on issues such as domestic violence, divorce, and inheritance."
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Khan explained to me the muftia effort, saying: "Islam is a religion of law, and it is important to express the principles of social justice within the framework of Islamic law." ...
WISE took as its first project a detailed argument (pdf) against both domestic violence and violent extremism using Islamic scholarship. Next topics for the group include female genital cutting, honor killings, and child marriages. The training of muftias remains a work in progress as WISE finishes a curriculum and looks for partners.
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(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
I see the demon within... how many of you see it?
LLS
Would you like a pretty scarf to wear while they stone you?
More like a cactus.
Excellent observations.
A slightly-younger Bella Abzug or Helen Thomas. Ugh.
I hope she doesn’t lose her head so to speak over this issue.
Barbra Streisand’s uglier Arab sister.
Oh, yes... I'm quite certain that western women's views on these topics will be seriously deliberated in the Muslim world.< rolls eyes >
“Islam needs to go the way of Nazism. Extermination by total warfare.”
I like the way you think.
nuke ‘em ... from orbit ... starting with that Pig-Haven called mecca
nuke ‘em ... from orbit ... starting with that Pig-Haven called mecca
What a joke. These women may for a while present a very thin veneer of reasonablness within Islam but that will be dealt with in time. Islam will always eventually return to its source texts which simply don’t make room for women with these types of views. At that point they’re very lucky if they survive the consequences intact.
Someone forgot the BARF ALERT.
:-)! Have you seen barbara lately... she has grown exceedingly ugly! They look like sisters!
LLS
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