Women Protest Abduction In Afghanistan
Posted on January 31, 2008
Filed Under Islam, News, Religion, Terrorism
I’ve always been saying that women in Muslim societies have a lot more guts and brains than than men.
More than 500 Afghan women demonstrate against female abduction
Kandahar (AsiaNews/Agencies) - More than 500 Afghan women have demonstrated in Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, for the liberation of the American humanitarian worker Cyd Mizell, kidnapped on January 26 together with her driver, Abdul Hadi. The authorities say that no one has claimed responsibility and there are no suspects. The two were taken in Kandahar by a group of armed men.
Saturday’s protest was a courageous gesture in an Afghanistan where women are still waiting for the full recognition of their rights, above all if one takes into account the traditionalist, closed, and violent climate that reigns in the city, a former Taliban stronghold
Please notice - no single male joined them. I guess males over there specialize in burning effigies, tearing up flags and jumping like a bunch of rage monkeys when their religion is criticized.
No Western appeaser ranting about “occupation” and “why_can’t_we_all_leave_in_peace” has even a quarter of courage these women have.
If there is even a glimpse of hope for reconciliation between the West and the Muslim world, I believe it will come from the Muslim females who, along the history, demonstrated their independent thinking and unwillingness to submit, despite what their religion dictates.
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