Radical Islam and the Treatment of Women

Shahid Mehdi, an Islamic Scholar stated in a televised interview that women who refuse to wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Did he say this in Saudi Arabia? No, this statement was issued in Copenhagen. And if you consider the sharp rise in the reported rapes and beatings of Scandenavian women by "immigrants," you may assume Mehdi's followers believe this policy applies to western women. Charges of rape in Sweden have tripled in the past 20 years and there are 6 times as many reported rape cases involving children under 15. A study by Ann Christine Hjelm, a lawyer, found that 85 per cent of the convicted rapists were born on foreign soil or by foreign parents.

On David Horowitz's Front Page I found this story about two girls who were attacked on their way to a New Years Eve party in Sweden. Malin and Amanda were assaulted, raped, and beaten savagely by four Somali immigrants.

Sharon Lapkin reports a story from Australia about a Muslim man who:
...told the court he had committed four attacks on girls as young as 13 because they had no right to say “no.” They were not covering their face or wearing a headscarf, and therefore, the rapist proclaimed: “I’m not doing anything wrong.”

Many Islamofascists believe that it is just a matter of time until the West belongs to them. And as the multiculturalism of the West psychologically empowers their totalitarian ambitions, they grow bolder. Its not much of a stretch for one of these radicals to look at an unveiled Norwegian or Swedish girl and see nothing but an object, a piece of infidel property or loot to be pilfered.

Still, its evidently worse for females in Saudi Arabia as James Woolsey relates:
Religious police in Saudi Arabia forced some young girls fleeing a burning school back inside to their deaths because they were not properly veiled. This is a fanaticism that knows no bounds.

And Lapkin reports that in some parts of Pakistan "gang rape" is an "officially sanctified method" of controlling social values and punishing crime. When a young man committed an offense against a Pakistan farming village, the village council ordered that his sister be taken to a hut where she was raped repeatedly by four men.

So where is the outrage? You might expect it to come from liberal women's groups, but generally they save their outrage for "Things Republican." Any "crusade" they might start against the mistreatment of women by radical Islam might be construed as aligning themselves with the Bush administration... so thats not going to happen.

And while I'm sure moderate Muslims cringe upon hearing such horror stories, their voices are silent.

We hear of the beheading of hostages, but some how these attacks on women and girls, justified by religious beliefs is much more troubling. The barbarism described above is indicative of the kind of evil that threatens our world. And since it will not be defeated by understanding words or placating gestures, the liberals and multiculturalists of Europe are no match for it. This evil must be engaged consistently and preemptively because every foothold it acquires is a step towards our destruction. America needs to keep in power, and elect to power, representatives that understand just what we are up against... and remarkably many of our present leaders do not.