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Voltaire2

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22. Prior to that many of these countries were explicitly

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #20)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 08:35 PM

Oct 2018

secular and were part of the pan Arabist nationalist movement that fought colonialism and promoted modernity and socialism. That all fell apart in the 70s and 80s, creating an opening for resurgent Islamic fundamentalism.

The more power religion has in society is almost universally correlated with a proportional decrease in the status of women.

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The Feminine Power Supporting the Prophets [View all] guillaumeb Oct 2018 OP

And in addition: guillaumeb Oct 2018 #1

Because marrying a 6-7 year old girl and then consummating the marriage Stargleamer Oct 2018 #2

And what did you think of the actual article? guillaumeb Oct 2018 #5

Not much Stargleamer Oct 2018 #7

Not to mention polygamy, war rape, and handing out female sex-slaves as door prizes Major Nikon Oct 2018 #11

Yeah. How does all that work out for Muslim women in general? MineralMan Oct 2018 #17

You can stop at "Mohammad's first wife". Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #3

I will assume that you stopped reading at that point. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #4

I did edhopper Oct 2018 #6

And there it is. The BEST you can offer up to support the silly notion that somehow... trotsky Oct 2018 #8

An apologist, cherry-picking stories. MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

The article probably would have same effect had they mentioned Muhammad's child raping Major Nikon Oct 2018 #14

Yabbut it didn't. Although, sometimes some people MineralMan Oct 2018 #16

"Patriarchal establishment that hijacked Islam" Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #10

... Major Nikon Oct 2018 #12

Precisement! MineralMan Oct 2018 #18

Article has an unintended irony marylandblue Oct 2018 #13

And deliberate obfuscation Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #19

In almost all Islamic countries women are by law Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #15

Much of that happened relatively recently Major Nikon Oct 2018 #20

And here as in the Islamic world, it is old men perpetrating that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #21

Prior to that many of these countries were explicitly Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #22

It's also almost universally true the more popular religion is the more it seeks power Major Nikon Oct 2018 #23