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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (6019)	3/8/2007 8:46:18 AM
From: Ichy Smith	Respond to of 20106

Muslims killing Muslims is to me the same as we went through with Catholics and Protestants, we fought our religious wars hundreds of years ago, and much of the land controlled by Islam is hundreds of years behind us. As for Politicians, they particularly Democrats, know that there are many more votes in giving other peoples money to poor people than there are in leaving it in the pockets of those who earned it.

To: steve harris who wrote (6019)	3/8/2007 5:18:40 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Tehran's heroic women The Guardian ^ \| March 7, 2007 commentisfree.guardian.co.uk Despite violent repression, the Iranian women's movement is defiant. Why is much of the left and the liberal media ignoring the struggle for democracy and women's rights in Iran? Tomorrrow - March 8 - is International Women's Day and the women of Iran are growing bolder and more defiant than ever. Last Sunday, a group of courageous women's rights activists staged a vigil outside the Engelab Court in Tehran. They held banners demanding: "We have the right to hold peaceful protests". These gentle, unthreatening women - armed only with words, ideals and paper placards - were violently attacked by the police, on the orders of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime. One woman had her head battered against the side of a police bus, shattering her teeth. (excerpt) Sunday's demonstration was the latest in a series. It was called in solidarity with five women activists who are on trial after they staged a peaceful rally last June against Islamic laws that discriminate against women - in particular the sexist laws on polygamy and child custody. For holding a peaceful protest, they are charged with endangering national security, propaganda against the state, and taking part in an illegal gathering. (excerpt) Last year's International Women's Day rally in Tehran was battered and dispersed by the regime. Over 1,000 women had gathered in Park Daneshjoo to demand equal citizenship. They were violently set upon by baton-wielding militia (the basiji), police, soldiers and special anti-riot squads from the Revolutionary Guards. The liberal western media - including The Guardian - has mostly failed to report these women's protests and their bloody suppression. The left, too, ignores the heroic struggle of the women of Iran. Misogyny and police brutality are not okay in Britain, but apparently acceptable in Tehran. Why the double standards? (Excerpt) Read more at commentisfree.guardian.co.uk ....