"....You -- the outside world -- will be told that it's our "culture" and "religion" to do X, Y, or Z to women. Understand that whoever deemed it as such was never a woman...."
First of all it is amply clear she is alluding to Islam & Muslims (as this will give her more political mileage).
Now, Muslims beleive that Allah is neither male nor female, so she wants to say that these were rules made by men then she is wrong.
".....The Arab uprisings may have been sparked by an Arab man -- Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in desperation -- but they will be finished by Arab women...."
Why wait till finish ?? The MAN who started the revolution was born to a WOMEN so whats her point now ??
".....Amina Filali -- the 16-year-old Moroccan girl who drank poison after she was forced to marry, and beaten by, her rapist -- is our Bouazizi. Salwa el-Husseini, the first Egyptian woman to speak out against the "virginity tests";........"
1) Virginity tests is forbidden in Islam
2) Forced marriage is forbidden in Islam
3) Rape is a punishable offense in Islam and the punishment is death penalty (Which is much stricter than any man-made laws currently in place)
"......We are more than our headscarves and our hymens......."
Yes and women are more than plastic surgeries, bikinis, waist sizes and fad diets
"....You -- the outside world -- will be told that it's our "culture" and "religion" to do X, Y, or Z to women. Understand that whoever deemed it as such was never a woman...."
First of all it is amply clear she is alluding to Islam & Muslims (as this will give her more political mileage).
Now, Muslims beleive that Allah is neither male nor female, so she wants to say that these were rules made by men then she is wrong.
".....The Arab uprisings may have been sparked by an Arab man -- Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in desperation -- but they will be finished by Arab women...."
Why wait till finish ?? The MAN who started the revolution was born to a WOMEN so whats her point now ??
".....Amina Filali -- the 16-year-old Moroccan girl who drank poison after she was forced to marry, and beaten by, her rapist -- is our Bouazizi. Salwa el-Husseini, the first Egyptian woman to speak out against the "virginity tests";........"
1) Virginity tests is forbidden in Islam
2) Forced marriage is forbidden in Islam
3) Rape is a punishable offense in Islam and the punishment is death penalty (Which is much stricter than any man-made laws currently in place)
"......We are more than our headscarves and our hymens......."
Yes and women are more than plastic surgeries, bikinis, waist sizes and fad diets