True. We're only human (most of us) and there are only 32 hours in a day. This is not directed at you but I see far too many people/groups who are willing to ignore some major issues in the American Muslim world for one reason or another while focusing on related issues in other places. Where is the National Organization for Women (NOW) when dealing with womens rights under Islam? When I do a fast search on "National Organization for Women" and Islam I get this: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/462461/stand_up_now_the_national_organization.html
Yes, we only have so much bandwidth, but these groups have lots of it when it comes to everywhere other than womens rights in Islam. You do the work of 3 people in general so why can't they do the work of one on this specific topic. Oh, and for the Bush lovers here, The only time NOW had anything to say about womens rights in Iraq was AFTER we invaded. Till then they had no statment and after we went in they just had more to bash Bush about. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think honor killings definitely represent a problem. Please explain > what was solved by me saying so? I picked the Catholic Church in > America as an example of an issue that I might maybe be able to make a > difference on. It could just as easily have been an AIDS vaccine. All > of us only have so much bandwidth. > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > The reference to Saudi Arabia was a specific one in relation to the > thread > > on beheading as a fixture of Islam. > > As for womens issues, why only the Catholic Church in America? I think > this > > rolls back to the beginning of the thread and brings up the point of the > > victim and how her religious community is addressing the problems of > women. > > Who speaks for her. Who speaks for all the girls killed for 'honor', > > including one just the other day who turned out to still be a virgin. > whoops > > > > And don't get me started on the self censorship/blindness of womens > rights > > groups in this. > > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> well gee. Is it a problem that somebody in Saudi Arabia got beheaded? > >> Sure. Is it a problem that the Catholic Church in the United States > >> does not address the problems of women? Sure. > >> > >> Where is it more useful to me for me to spend my time? > >> > >> ::shrug:: > >> > >> > And some pretend there is no problem. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
