Review II: Islam's female Achilles heel

The Washington Tiimes ^ | Sep. 17, 2004 | By Uwe Siemon-Netto

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Paris, France, Sep. 17 (UPI) -- Editor's note: This second installment of the UPI book review series on the chasm between Islam and Christianity examines Islam's Achilles heel - its treatment of women.

The recent massacre committed by Muslim terrorists in Beslan, Russia, has led to a massive turnaround in the public perception of Islam in Germany.

Before that kidnapping of 1,200 schoolchildren, teachers and parents - and the slaughter of 350 of hem -- only 44 percent of Germans believed that a "clash of cultures" was underway between Christianity and Islam, to use Samuel P. Huntington's phrase.

Since Beslan, this figure has risen to 62 percent, according to a survey by the reputable Allensbach Institute.

Beslan has thus proved disastrous for Islam's image in Germany, a country that is home to 3.4 million Muslims. According to the Allensbach survey, 83 percent of Germans now associate this religion with terror, 82 percent with fanaticism; 70 percent consider it dangerous.

A mere 6 percent find Islam a sympathetic faith. By contrast a plurality of Americans (39 percent) viewed it positively in a Pew survey that had been, however, conducted before the Beslan bloodbath.

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"Since Beslan, this figure has risen to 62 percent, according to a survey by the reputable Allensbach Institute."

How do you say, "Duh" in German? My college German teachers seem to have skipped over that one.

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Many Iranian women, this correspondent has learned from refugees in the West, are secretly converting to Christianity - at home and even more so in their European exile.

Lord may this continue please.

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "Many Iranian women, this correspondent has learned from refugees in the West, are secretly converting to Christianity - at home and even more so in their European exile."

The hand that rocks the cradle.
Yes let us pray this continues.