On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
I'd say that Ahmadinejad is an Islamic feminist, religious but modern:
<blockquote>President Ahmadinejad hails exemplary women
Tehran, July 17, IRNA
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a ceremony on Monday to mark
the aupicious birth anniversary of the blessed daughter of Prophet
Mohammad (PBUH), praised exemplary women of the country.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica article on Fatimah, which is
no doubt infected with imperialist/Orientalist notions about the
world: "In general she was devoted to her domestic duties and avoided
involvement in political affairs." Exemplary in some sense, but
feminist?
Doug
