They said it. If I had done so, it would be “Islamophobic.” As it is, it’s multicultural, and everybody knows multiculturalism is da bomb.
“Concept of Gender Equality Against Islamic Principles: Panel,” from PTI, December 16 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
ISLAMABAD, DEC 16 (PTI) Challenging the concept of gender equality, an influential religious panel in Pakistan has said it goes “against” Islamic principles.
The Council of Islamic Ideology, a constitutional body that advises the legislature on whether laws are in line with Islamic principles, has recommended to the government that provisions referring to gender equality should be deleted from laws.
The body made the recommendations in the course of reviewing the working of the National Commission on the Status of Women, Dawn News channel reported today.
The council’s recommendations questioned the concept of gender equality in Pakistani laws and described it as “impractical and against Islamic principles”.
It also said gender equality is a “vague” term and should be replaced by “equity and justice”….
That is, Sharia.