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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45176)	12/10/2003 9:40:31 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

In her acceptance speech Nobel laureate Ebadi said despotism was incompatible with Iranian and Islamic traditions. "If the 21st Century wishes to free itself from the cycle of violence, acts of terror and war ... there is no other way except by understanding and putting into practice every human right for all mankind regardless of race, gender, faith, nationality or social status," she said, according to an English translation of her speech. "Some Muslims, under the pretext that democracy and human rights are not compatible with Islamic teachings and the traditional structure of Islamic societies, have justified despotic governments and continue to do so," Ebadi said. She said the plight of women in Islamic states and the lack of freedom and democracy is caused by "the patriarchal and male dominated culture prevailing in these societies, not in Islam."