“Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” — motto of the Muslim Brotherhood
“Nobel Peace Prize goes to women’s rights activists,” by Bjoern H. Amland and Karl Ritter for the Associated Press, October 7 (thanks to Northern Virginiastan):
[…] The 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award was split three ways between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women’s rights activist Leymah Gbowee from the same African country and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen “” the first Arab woman to win the prize.
The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told The Associated Press that Karman’s award should be seen as a signal that both women and Islam have important roles to play in the uprisings known as the Arab Spring, the wave of anti-authoritarian revolts that have challenged rulers across the Arab world.
“The Arab Spring cannot be successful without including the women in it,” Jagland said.
He said Karman, 32, belongs to a Muslim movement with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group “which in the West is perceived as a threat to democracy.” He added that “I don’t believe that. There are many signals that that kind of movement can be an important part of the solution.”
Yemen is an extremely conservative society but a feature of the revolt there has been a prominent role for women who turned out for protests in large numbers….
Remember: for AP, you’re a “conservative” if you want Sharia, and a “conservative” if you oppose Sharia. For the mainstream media, it has come to this level of analysis: you’re a “liberal” if you’re someone they like, and a “conservative” if you’re someone they dislike.