A Muslima Speaks

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Who'd Be Female under Islamic Law?

In Muslim states, violence against women is validated. A dark age is upon us.

THE INDEPENDENT UK:

I am a Muslim woman and, like my late mother, free, independent, sensuous, educated, liberal, contrary and confrontational when provoked, both feminine and feminist. I style and colour my hair, wear lovely things and perfumes, appear on public platforms with men who are not related to me, shake their hands, embrace some I know well, take care of my family.

I defend Muslims persecuted by their enemies and their own kith and kin. I pray, fast, give to charity and try to be a decent human being. I also drink wine and do not lie about that, unlike so many other "good" Muslims. I am the kind of Muslim woman who maddens reactionary Muslim men and their asinine female followers. What a badge of honour.

Female oppression in Islamic countries is manifestly getting worse. Islam, as practiced by millions today, has lost its compassion and integrity and is entering one of the darkest of dark ages.

Here is this month's short list of unbearable stories (imagine how many more there are which will never be known):

http://librabunda.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-dark-age-alert-yasmin-alibhai-brown.html