When I saw that science fiction writer jaylake had posted the following article by Jonathan Lyons, "Islam, Women and the West," essentially dismissing the Western image of Muslim women as oppressed as a mere Orientalist delusion ( Read more... )

According to BBC News Wales:

South Wales Police say they are dealing with the largest number of cases of forced marriage and honour based-violence they have ever seen.

In the past 12 months, the force has dealt with 49 cases of forced marriage, up from a typical 30-35, with new cases almost every week.Now, stop and consider this for a moment. " ( Read more... )

The U.N., in a stirring bid to reduce its respect among the decent nations of the Earth down to zero, has chosen Iran to join its Commission on Women's Rights. No, seriously.

( WHAT???!!! )

I was pointed to this excellent essay by erudito in his post "Clive James on the Veil of Silence" (http://erudito.livejournal.com/872182.html).

From "A Veil of Silence," by Clive James in Standpoint (http://standpointmag.co.uk/ ( Read more... )