Bangladesh: Official links nation's stability to women's rights

Posted by Robert on May 25, 2005 7:31 AM

Quiet resistance in Bangladesh to Sharia provisions discriminating against women, which are akin to those discriminating against dhimmis. From the [1] Washington Times, with thanks to EPG:

Bangladesh has used a "silent social revolution" to boost women's rights and avoid the religious extremism that has plagued other Muslim countries, Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan said in an interview yesterday.

On a visit to Washington this week, Mr. Khan said that free and subsidized schooling for girls, expanded job opportunities for young women and political power -- the country's prime minister and opposition-party leader are both women -- have been critical to the country's stability.

"It is our policy to bring women into the mainstream, into the work force," Mr. Khan said in a luncheon interview with editors and reporters at The Washington Times.

"It amounts to a silent social revolution for us," he said. "We could not send our women back to the kitchen now if we wanted, because without economic opportunity, they become a target for extremists. Extremism flourishes in poverty."

[2] Well, [3] no. Still, I appreciate his other remarks.


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[1] http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20050524-100600-9004r.htm
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004806.php
[3] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/005588.php