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Hey Gals, Check This Out - If You're A Female Political Leader In The Muslim World, You Might Have To Die

Enslaved

Because that's just what has to happen, ya know?

Bhutto was murdered because to her enemies she was Westernised, a traitor to her culture and an American stooge. She was murdered because she had vowed to bring secularism and democracy to Pakistan. She was murdered because she was all these things, and a woman. "I know I am a symbol of what the so-called jihadists, Taliban and al-Qa'ida, most fear," she wrote in her autobiography, Daughter of the East. "I am a female political leader fighting to bring modernity, communication, education and technology to Pakistan." Yes, fear is the right word. The fear of women, of women's freedom, and most of all, of women's sexuality, runs through Islamism. It is a large part of Islamist hatred of the West. "The issue of women is not marginal," writes the Dutch scholar Ian Buruma. "It lies at the heart of Islamic occidentalism (anti-Westernism)." It is the "deep, ignored issue", writes Paul Berman, author of Terror and Liberalism. Why, I wonder, is it mainly men who are making these points?

It's because Western feminists are too busy defacing Marine recruiting stations and marching arm in arm with vicious anti-Semites. Or was that supposed to be a rhetorical question?

References:
* Assassinated because she was a woman [The Australian]
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Feminists Are Defacing Marine Offices In Your Name (Plus: Tiny Reform Of Pakistani Rape Law Causes Major Rioting) [Video] [MR]
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Palestinian Control Of Gaza Not Going Well For Women [MR]

Previously:
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Pathological Islamism in Germany
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - You're Too Dirty To Walk On Saudi Arabia's Sidewalks
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Literally Picturesque Underage Marriages In Afghanistan (Plus: The NYT's Take On Temporary Marriage Is As Awesome As It Is Predictable)

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