Islamic countries treat women as sub-humans

Hardly a day goes by without the press reporting about some new outrage perpetrated against women and girls in Islamic countries. How can we in the West stand idlely by while women and girls are treated as little more than sub-humans in these Islamic countries ?

We must put an end to the barbaric practices that exist in many of these Islamic countries which demean and subjugate women.

Included amongst these practices are :

• the belief that women's lives are somehow of less value than those of men's e.g.

  It is quiet common for women in Islamic countries to be employed in jobs which are considered too dangerous for men simply because society regards their lives as being less valuable than men's.

  It is standard practice in many Islamic countries to rescue the men and children from a fire or accident first, before the women are rescued.

  In some of the more extreme Islamic countries, women are expected to give up their lives so that men and children will not be harmed.

• the belief that women should be treated more harshly than men e.g.

  It is quiet common in Islamic countries for women to be sent to prison for crimes which men are normally pardoned or paroled.

  It is standard practice in many Islamic countries to have health centres exclusively for men while at the same time having no comparable health services for women.

  In some of the more extreme Islamic countries, the muslim men are "outraged" by the thought that men might be placed in prison conditions which are almost as bad as those in women's prisons.

• the belief that the type of clothes worn by women in public must be restricted e.g.

  It is quiet common in Islamic countries for women to ridiculed and demeaned for wearing pants in public while men are free to wear whatever they wish.

  It is standard practice in many Islamic countries for large clothing stores to allocate most of their floor space and advertising dollar to men's clothing and to virtually ignore women's clothing needs.

  In some of the more extreme Islamic countries, it is considered unnatural for women to be interested in wearing any other clothing than that dictated by strict social custom.

• the belief that children are little more than men's property e.g.

  It is quiet common in Islamic countries for men to awarded custody of their children following divorce as though the children were somehow the property of the father.

  It is standard practice is many Islamic countries for mothers to be excluded from their children's lives following divorce and most Islamic courts legally sanction this barbaric practice.

  In some of the more extreme Islamic countries, it is quiet common for government children's welfare payments to be sent directly to the fathers under the presumption that they are ones solely responsible for the upbringing of their children.

At this point in time, your sense of anger and outrage towards Islamic society must be approaching boiling point. Surely, in this day and age, we must put a stop to the way women and girls are treated in Islamic societies. It repugnant and no longer acceptable. Women must be treated as FULL human being and not as some form of subspecies.

You may be interested to know that most of what you have just read about the ways that the Islamic religion treates women are in fact completely untrue or only partly true.

The statements made in the article above reflect the intolerant anti-Islamic views of many western feminists. These people would believe any statement made about the Islams treatment of women no matter how ludicous and farcical the claim.

It may come as a shock to many of these western feminists that these statements do in fact become TRUE when you swap the following words around :

men <==> women

boys <==> girls

Islamic <==> Christian (= Western)

fathers <==> mothers

pants <==> skirts

Hardly a day goes by without the [Islamic] press reporting about some new outrage perpetrated against men and boys in Christian countries. How can we in the Muslim world stand idlely by while men and boys are treated as little more than sub-humans in these Christain countries ?

We must put an end to the barbaric practices that exist in many of these Christian countries which demean and subjugate men.

Included amongst these practices are :

• the belief that men's lives are somehow of less value than those of women's e.g.

  It is quiet common for men in Christian countries to be employed in jobs which are considered too dangerous for women simply because society regards their lives as being less valuable than women's.

  It is standard practice in many Christian countries to rescue the women and children from a fire or accident first, before the men are rescued.

  In some of the more extreme Christian countries, men are expected to give up their lives so that women and children will not be harmed.

• the belief that men should be treated more harshly than women e.g.

  It is quiet common in Christian countries for men to be sent to prison for crimes which women are normally pardoned or paroled.

  It is standard practice in many Christian countries to have health centres exclusively for women while at the same time having no comparable health services for men.

  In some of the more extreme Christian countries, the Christian women are "outraged" by the thought that women might be placed in prison conditions which are almost as bad as those in men's prisons.

• the belief that the type of clothes worn by men in public must be restricted e.g.

  It is quiet common in Christian countries for men to be ridiculed and demeaned for wearing skirts in public while women are free to wear whatever they wish.

  It is standard practice in many Christian countries for large clothing stores to allocate most of their floor space and advertising dollar to women's clothing and to virtually ignore men's clothing needs.

  In some of the more extreme Christian countries, it is considered unnatural for men to be interested in wearing any other clothing than that dictated by strict social custom.

• the belief that children are little more than women's property e.g.

  It is quiet common in Christian countries for women to awarded custody of their children following divorce as though the children were somehow the property of the mother.

  It is standard practice is many Christian countries for fathers to be excluded from their children's lives following divorce and most Western courts legally sanction this barbaric practice.

  In some of the more extreme Christian countries, it is quiet common for government children's welfare payments to be sent directly to the mothers under the presumption that they are ones solely responsible for the upbringing of their children.

At this point in time your sense of anger and outrage towards Christian society must be approaching boiling point. Surely, in this day and age, we must put a stop to the way men and boys are treated in Christian societies. It repugnant and no longer acceptable. Men must be treated as FULL human being and not as some form of subspecies.

Ian Wilson Oct 1997

"Its amazing what happens when you stop seeing the world through your mothers eyes."

DISCLAIMER :

The author believes that throughout history men and women have suffered comparable injustices in both Christian and Islamic societies because of their respective gender roles.

The point of this article is NOT to attack the treatment of women in Islamic cultures but to highlight the incredible injustices against men in Western Christian cultures which are currently being totally ignored.

The author apologise to anyone who might be offended by the apparently negative portrayal of either the Christian or Islamic religions. The point of this article is not denigrate any religion but to highlight callous indifference of western feminists towards the suffering of men.

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