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"Islam elevates women." (But the "elevator" only has a "down" button.) "Basra women fear militants behind wave of killings," from Reuters:
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Women in Iraq's southern city of Basra are living in fear. More than 40 have been killed and their bodies dumped in the streets in the past five months for behavior deemed un-Islamic, the city's police chief says.
A warning scrawled in red on a wall threatens any woman who wears makeup or appears in public without an Islamic headscarf with dire punishment.
"Whoever disobeys will be punished. God is our witness that we have conveyed this message," it says.
Women in the Shi'ite city are convinced hardline Islamic militants are behind the killings and say they fear going out without a headscarf.
"Some women were killed with their children," Basra police chief, Major-General Abdul-Jalil Khalaf, told Reuters. "One with a six-year-old child, another with an 11-year-old."
Khalaf, who was sent to Iraq's second-largest city in June with a mandate to get tough on criminals, said he did not know who the perpetrators were but vowed to catch them.
Rita Anwar, a 27-year-old Christian, said she was thinking of leaving Basra, or even Iraq, altogether.
"You would not believe that I also wear the headscarf sometimes. It is terrifying to read this graffiti in red threatening murder," she said.
[...]
Police in Basra showed Reuters pictures of women whose bodies were found with notes attached, accusing them of adultery and other "honor crimes."
One photo was of Hayat Jassem, 45, found dead with two gunshot wounds in the stomach. Another was of an unidentified woman in her 30s who was found dead and blindfolded.
"The relatives of those killed never report these crimes because they fear scandals or because they fear the threats of those killers," said Khalaf, sitting behind a desk against a backdrop of two large Iraqi flags.
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Hareth al-Athari, an official from Sadr's political movement in Basra, said the movement opposed killing women for wearing un-Islamic attire.
"This is a hideous crime," said the bearded cleric, wearing a black turban and black robe. He said the role of his movement's members was to educate people through written statements or face-to-face talks.
However, several women interviewed by Reuters said Islamic militants -- they did not say who -- were intimidating them, forcing them to cover their hair and bodies.
"A party official who is also a university student came to me and said female students should not attend exams without wearing the headscarves," said one student, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals.
"He told me 'God willing there won't be any girl left in the university without wearing a headscarf'."
Read it all.
Posted by Marisol at December 5, 2007 7:13 AM
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...you absolutely do not want these people in your neighborhood....Ban Muslim Immigration...
Posted by: exsgtbrown![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 5, 2007 7:29 AM
Ban Muslim immigration.
Do we want things like these to happen in civilized nations?
Lefties would probably say "oh, but not all Muslims are like those!"
How can we tell?
How can we make deals with taqqiyah minded religious believers?
Prevent Muslims from coming to Europe.
I live in a rather peaceful european nation, where we have a hard-working chinese community going on with their day to day, not causing any problem to the commumnity, nor trying to replace our values for theirs. Those are the kind of people any nation should welcome. The same goes for the local hindu community: hard working, law abiding and generally productive elements of the society.
Muslims? NO thanks! Wherever Muhammedans go, problems follow.
Ban them to their own lands. Prevent them from starting doing here what they are doing in their own lands.
What amazes me is how the feminist organizations are totally silent when things like these happen.
Posted by: Crusader at December 5, 2007 8:35 AM
“women are a tilth for you so go to your tilth as ye will” - Qur'an 2:223
Hot-diggidy-dog!
at December 5, 2007 8:55 AM
There's a really nice piece today, related to this subject, at American Thinker:
Death Before Burkas - By Kyle-Anne Shiver
From the article:
... in my opinion, the ultimate oppression of our age, no matter how one cares to cut it, slice it, dice it, whatever, is hands-down the subjugation of females – from birth to the grave – in places ruled by this cockamamie Sharia law. Liberals may be scared to call a spade a spade, but I’m not.
You go girl!
Posted by: joeblough at December 5, 2007 9:17 AM
"you can lead a camel to water but you can't make him drink"
so our attempts to turn iraqis into freedom and democracy loving people comes down to them voting in sharia? these people deserve saddam, and we should get the hell out of there.
at December 5, 2007 9:21 AM
Sharia Law - Islamic oxymoron.
Posted by: tanstaafl at December 5, 2007 10:17 AM
Islam: over 1.2 billion brains pithed.
It belongs in Mecca, only.
Posted by: profitsbeard at December 5, 2007 10:41 AM
These women were executed for not wearing a head scarf. Think about that. Some children were killed along with their mothers. There is no defense for that action, just stupidity.
Posted by: interestinconundrum at December 5, 2007 11:20 AM
joeblough - thanks for that link to the 'american thinker' piece. I read it; then copied it and pasted it into a little scrapbook I have, entitled 'Islam's war on women'.
That particular article - 'Death Before Burkas' being brief but to the point, complete with Quranic reference and two powerful examples, might be worth sending to female politicians, and heads of womens' organisations (such as ZONTA).
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at December 5, 2007 3:33 PM
Read the full article and find out that the Islamic fundamentalists are trying to pin the murders on non-Muslims:
[Asked who could be behind the killing of women, Athari said: "We cannot accuse anybody. But I can say that these gangs are linked to international intelligence agencies."]
Just add the murder of 40 women to the crimes committed by those Nazi-like Americans...
Posted by: former liberal WF at December 5, 2007 3:51 PM
*bing* Basement. Oppression, persecution, hanging, stoning and imprisonment. All muslim women please step off.
Posted by: Kevin at December 5, 2007 4:48 PM
Worrying, they are killing women that give new muslims to them, I don´t understand. They are idiot, their islamism will destroy themselves.
Posted by: Franze at December 5, 2007 5:12 PM
British imam's daughter under police protection after converting to Christianity
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3006561.ece
"I know the Koran says that anyone who goes away from Islam should be killed as an apostate so in some ways my family are following the Koran."
Yep in "some ways following the Koran ".
Read on ;
Policy Exchange study found that 36 per cent of British Muslims aged between 16 and 24 believed those who converted to another religion should be punished by death.
So if 36% of British Muslims age 16 to 24 believe that "DEATH" to an apostate is OK, then being butchered in an Islamic country for not dressing Islamic is in "some ways following the Koran "?
I don't remember reading that in the Koran, "Death to the uncovered woman". Maybe I missed it?
But none the less;
"'God willing there won't be any girl left in the university without wearing a headscarf'."
"DEAD OR ALIVE"?
Or does it matter?
at December 5, 2007 6:19 PM
Jesus said: Suffer the little children unto me.
Mo' said: Bugger the little children unto me.
(Note: Not a direct quote)
Posted by: ElizaDoolittle at December 5, 2007 6:26 PM
"... God is our witness that we have conveyed this message ... "
--------------------------
As God is MY witness, I would certainly like to "convey a message" to these butchering troglodytes. I think I'm starting to seethe...
Posted by: A_Nonny_Mouse at December 5, 2007 6:49 PM
Congratulations on letting Clerics into
power-Bush's policies will protect Iraqi women
about as much as terrified,remaining Christians ...
See Lord [Pantsdown]Ashdown is set to become
Lord High something in Afghanistan. U.S says it is
impressed by Paddy's performance in Bosnia, 'his
success there-what success?? Lord Ashdown is NOT
in favour of destroying opium fields, he also wishes to meet & treat with 'moderate'members of
Taliban. Well now,guess this problem is solved
as Lord P thrashes Taliban & NATO into shape with
his tongue...all that remains is 'favourable terms
'for milord such as comfortable mansion, pay & pension,free limos & security and perks.
at December 5, 2007 7:52 PM
The goal is for 12,000 Iraqi refugees into U.S. by next Oct. 1., or more if "we can do it" proudly says the state department. The UN selects the refugees and the UN workers are muslim.
There is also a lottery visa diversity program (50,000 visas a year) which will also lets in another few thousand muslims from muslim majority countries.
A no one has a clue what questions should be asked of the aspiring muslim candidates.
Posted by: USorThem at December 5, 2007 8:16 PM
"He told me 'God willing there won't be any girl left in the university without wearing a headscarf'."
What he meant to say is this: God willing, there won't be any girl left in the university."
Also, interesting that tilth rhymes crosslinguistically with filth.
Ni putes, ni soumises, ni toilettes.
Posted by: Jauhara Al-Kafirah at December 5, 2007 11:02 PM
Basra jihadists threaten women: "Whoever disobeys will be punished. God is our witness that we have conveyed this message"
...and the Muslim god is probably pleased.....Allah hates Muslims, he gives them poverty, misery and death.....and women victims...
Posted by: exsgtbrown at December 6, 2007 7:06 AM
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