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‘Behind the Veil’: from Canada’s Globe and Mail- a 6 part series on the women of Afghanistan

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Today Canada’s Globe and Mail introduced an in depth, six part series featuring the women of Afghanistan. Here is the first installment. Each Saturday for the next five consecutive weeks, vlad will be posting the Globe and Mail’s related mainline features, articles and interviews concluding October 24. For related videos and additional commentary and coverage, please go to the Globe and Mail”s ” Behind the Veil–An Intimate Journey Into The Lives Of Kandahar’s Women”.

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PART ONE

Jessica Leeder

Kandahar, Afghanistan — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail

Last updated on Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009 02:32PM ED

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“My dreams are gone.”

“It is already too late for me.”

“My life has been destroyed.”

At first, the words pouring from the mouth of the girl with jewel eyes hemmed in kohl sound like a typical teenage lament.

Her tone is plain and without melodrama – she believes what she says. And there are plenty of reasons she should.

In the span of about one year, the 15-year-old, named Sitara, has been yanked out of school, off a path that hinted at promise, and sold by her father for 700,000 Afghanis (about $15,000) into a marriage that, already, she has “nothing left for.”

“It seems like men take women as servants, so they can be abusive towards them,” she explained in a hushed on-camera interview conducted secretly in Kandahar while her husband was at work. “It’s not just the husband, there’s also the mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and they all rule over me; … whenever I do something bad, anyone who gets angry with me beats me.”

Rather than poring over textbooks, Sitara has spent most of her sophomore year willing herself to feel love for the illiterate, middle-aged Kandahari who is now her husband, learning to look after his family’s livestock and reconfiguring her singed plans for the future into a form compatible with her new life as this wife.

“And even now, I don’t want my husband,” she said. “I come from a very open-minded family, but since I’ve come to this family, I feel that my life has been destroyed.” Continue Reading →

Canadian Islamist group against the crushing of section 13; HRC

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The Canadian Islamic Congress one of Canada’s preeminent Islamist groups, fears the crushing of section 13 as legislated within the nations’ Human Rights Commission(s). Why does this outfit wring their hands in such despair? Could it be that the absence of such a provision would severely curb their ability to launch potential, future law-fare complaints against those who legitimately criticize radical Islam?

It may be worth noting that the CIC’s former boss Mohammed Elmasry has since ‘retired’ from the CIC feeling no doubt a bit quirky and f—– up at his public, national smack-down as prominent, Islamist agent provacateur. In believing ‘Canada deserves better media coverage’ than that by which ‘the Zionist controlled media’ could offer, he has since launched the Canadian Charger this past July; (tip: leg, thigh, butt and hip weighters required to muck about in the Pond of CC bullocks). Wahida Valiante now in charge of the CIC, has managed to only slightly and selectively tighten the taps on the flow of her groups’ overt, Islamist operational exercise in Canada, replacing Elmasry with a slightly friendlier, but no less menacing face.

I would be interested to know if there is anyone who could confirm any “false and inflammatory’ allegation(s) quoted from MP Ander’s distributed material found in the paragraph highlighted below. So far I can find no falsehood as 1, 2 and 3 are true. If one can do so, I will gladly buy a pulled pork sandwich and a pint on your behalf, in support of The International Free Press Society.

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CIC latest media communique, Sept. 17, 2009.

Canadian Islamic Congress Cautions Against Legalizing Hate Speech In Canada

ALL CANADIANS COULD BE ENDANGERED BY CONSERVATIVE MOVES TO WEAKEN HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS, CIC WARNS

The Canadian Islamic Congress issued a warning today about the disturbing use of discriminatory language and misleading statements in campaign pamphlets by Calgary MP Rob Anders.

The pamphlets, issued to Calgary West constituents, relate to the anti-hate powers of the Federal Human Rights Commission. The CIC finds this material to be inflammatory and factually misleading.

“When any politician targets a minority group with disinformation or misleading statements in order to score points with a perceived majority electorate, this needs to be challenged by all Canadians, not only the targeted groups,” said CIC National President Mrs. Wahida Valiante.

Mr. Anders’ pamphlets, which urge constituents to support his efforts to delete the anti-hate protections enshrined in the Canadian Human Rights Act, “cross the line of fair comment to unfairly target Canadian Muslims with inflammatory and factually false material,” continued Mrs. Valiante.

“MP Anders’ distortion of the anti-discrimination work undertaken by human rights commissions in this country highlights the efforts of some Conservative MPs to undermine institutions that protect equality rights and multiculturalism in Canada.”

The false and inflammatory allegations (quoted from MP Anders’ distributed materials) include:

1. “Under section 13 of the so-called “Human Rights” code, Canadians have been prosecuted for holding personal beliefs which offend radical Muslim Imams…” 2. Did you know … it is now illegal to hold opinions that offend radical Muslim activists.” 3. Did you know … In 2007, best selling Canadian author, Mark Steyn, was hauled before the Human Rights Commission. His crime — writing about the dangers of radical Islam. Muslim activists took offence with Mr. Steyn’s writing and lodged ‘human rights’ complaints against him.”

In response to the above excerpts, and similar sentiments voiced by Mr. Anders and his supporters, CIC National Executive Director Imam Dr. Zijad Delic continued:

“In Canada it is not illegal to publish controversial opinions or materials which are subjectively offensive. What the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits is the publication of material that is hateful,” he explained.

Dr. Delic also emphasized that MP Anders’ singling out of complaints filed only by Muslim Canadians — in a context where all minorities have availed themselves of the same anti-hate protections — raises troubling questions about the Conservatives’ views on which Canadians deserve legal protection … and which, by inference, do not.

“The Harper government’s treatment of Mr. Abousfian Abdelraziq and Ms. Suaad Hagi Mohamud, to mention only two recent examples, has already raised concerns about two-tier citizenship,” Dr. Delic noted. “Now it seems some Conservative MPs also believe that not all communities are entitled to file human rights complaints.”

“With an election on the horizon, all Canadians must be extremely mindful of Conservative attempts to undermine equality rights in Canada and to erode the concept of official multiculturalism that made Canada what it is today,” Mrs. Valiante concluded.

Germany threatened by al-Qaeda

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From TROP

Al-Qaeda Tells Germany To Change Government

By France24
International

al-Qaeda warns German voters to elect opposition or face ‘bad awakening’

Al-Qaeda warned Germans on Friday to change their government in the September 27 election, saying they will face a “bad awakening” if they do not, according to two intelligence monitoring services.

Germany was also told to withdraw its 4,200 troops from Afghanistan or face being attacked at home, the US-based groups said.

In video footage a man identified as Abu Talha the German, and speaking in German, says that if Chancellor Angela Merkel is re-elected, “bitter times await the Germans,” according to IntelCenter and the SITE Intelligence Group.

He asks: “Mrs Merkel, what is the logical outcome reaped by the British and Spanish conservatives by their support for the Iraq war?” in an apparent reference to attacks in Madrid and London in 2004 and 2005.

He appears to suggest that if German voters do not heed his warnings, Al-Qaeda will act within a fortnight. Continue Reading →

Nigerian police clash with Shi’ites, one dead

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18 Sep 2009 18:38:31 GMT

Source: Reuters
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ZARIA, Nigeria, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A Muslim demonstrator was killed and several were wounded in clashes with police after a religious celebration turned violent in northern Nigeria, police said on Friday. More than 100 Shi’ites were taking part in celebrations before a Muslim holiday when violence broke out in Zaria in Kaduna state. It was not clear what provoked the fighting. “They began stoning the police and then the trouble erupted. The police used firearms in self-defence,” said Assistant Police Commissioner Abubakar Danmalam, adding that the situation was now under control. Sheik el-Zazky, a Muslim leader, said his followers reported three people were killed and 12 wounded. Several demonstrators were arrested. Africa’s most populous nation is roughly equally divided between Christians and Muslims and more than 200 ethnic groups generally live peacefully side by side, although civil war left one million dead between 1967 and 1970. Clashes between security forces and members of a radical Islamic sect called Boko Haram in late July killed close to 800 people in the northeastern state of Borno. (Reporting by Sahabi Yahay; Writing by Randy Fabi; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

More on UK 911 protests. Listen to the media try and trap the SIOE

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The man interviewed at the beginning of this video, was the first arrested for ‘incitement’ meaning of course, many violent people disagree with his position and will react violently. Clearly England has an actionable policy now, of blaming anyone who finds themselves in Islamic cross hairs as being the architect of their own danger. We see this from the ‘warning’ the police gave to Lionheart recently.

UK police ‘warnings’ blame the victim.

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September 15, 2009 From Jawa Report: h/t jdamn

Osman Warning: Theo Van Gogh Type Threat

(UK) If Muslim extremists are angered enough to issue a fatwa for your death, the British police will inform you by issuance of an “Osman warning” indicating that your safety is at risk and it’s your fault. Here’s an excerpt from the Osman warning which the individual is required to sign.

“I have been informed that I am not under arrest or caution. I have been advised by the police that as a result of my lifestyle I have caused anger and upset in some sections of the community. This behaviour on my part has included the use of the Internet, making comments to the media, as well as involvement in arranging demonstrations. As a result of this the police have informed me that my safety may be at risk.”

The excerpt is from the warning given to Paul Ray, a founder of the arguably moderate English Defense League (EDL). The death threat was posted on the extremist Revolution Muslim chat forum with Mr. Ray’s photo, address, and known places he frequents. The Revolution Muslim forum entry promised a repeat of what happened to Theo van Gogh, who was murdered in broad daylight in Amsterdam.

Presumably, the warning given to Mr. Ray was specific to his circumstances but it’s not a stretch to conclude that the police are quite prepared to blame the victim as opposed to the perpetrators of terroristic threats.

It’s difficult to erase the impression that the Muslim extremists can do anything they please while the police tell the general population to be quiet and don’t make them mad. I contend that it’s unacceptable for the police to be cheerleaders for political correctness.

UPDATE by Rusty: I’m not so sure about the EDL being “moderate”. I might be wrong, but I know Robert Spencer wouldn’t meet with them and I trust his judgment on this.

More Muslims should try toothpicks.

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Here is a SITREP you don’t see every day. Organized gangs of Chinese Muslims have been attacking Han Chinese with toothpicks and safety pins to ‘spread fear’. I would put this in the ‘piss me right off’ category. If I was attacked by a Muslim with a toothpick I would defend myself with a pork tenderloin. This would be proportional at least even if the UN would call it a war crime.

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From STRATFOR:

September 16, 2009
Police in the Xinjiang Uygur province arrested seven syringe needle attack groups, China Daily reported Sept. 16. The deputy director of the Urumqi public security bureau said 75 suspected syringe needle attackers were apprehended and more than 36 related cases are resolved. Eight needle attack suspects are tied to Tursunjianj Turdi, a group suspected of organizing several secret meetings to plot needle attacks and provoke hostilities among ethic groups. Suspects reportedly stabbed people with sewing needles, safety pins and toothpicks to spread fear.

China: Police Arrest Suspected ‘Terror Gang’ In Xinjiang
September 16, 2009
Six suspected members of a “terror gang” have been captured by police in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Chinese authorities said Sept. 16, Xinhua reported. Two of the alleged gang’s leaders were among those arrested, and materials for making explosive devices were seized in police raids in the suburbs of the city of Aksu, police said.

What is ‘desecration’ of a Koran exactly

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Koran burn insultLet’s see, we had riots in Greece when rumors circulated about a policeman ‘mistreating’ a koran, so I guess that is desecration, fair enough…

We had several Christians killed, their houses burned, and many families dislocated when Mosques trumpeted that one Christian family had torn a page from a Koran in Pakistan, so I guess that is desecration even when it was utterly untrue and again… well fair enough… sort of….

Then, we had some Muslims smuggling Heroin into Europe in a hollowed out Koran and no riots killings burnings or even condemnations at all so, I suppose, that is not a ‘desecration’. I suppose Mohamed must have been an apothecary…

And today, we have a koran hollowed out and bombs placed inside them in order to kill as many of the unwitting as possible in Iraq.

So, granted this is a small sample, but it gives us a place to start.

Desecration of Koran, therefore, must be when anyone not Muslim handles the holy book of Islam in any manner whatsoever that can be construed as disrespectful, and reported truly or falsely in that manner. Desecration of a koran is a tactic for political gain using the politically correct who think that a book is important merely because a non westerner says it is.

Desecration of a koran is not when that book is destroyed,mutilated or carved out for the purpose of advancing Islam in such ways as smuggling dangerous drugs to harm the infidel and raise money for jihad. It is not desecration when it is filled with explosives to kill other Muslims so long as those Muslims are of some other flavour than the bomber, as technically it’s still jihad to advance Islam.

Glad we cleared that up.

Eeyore

More on the riots of Sept 11th Harrow Mosque UK

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Later this evening I will try and analyze a number of these videos and articles and see if a cogent picture cannot be made of this event. The two stories are, the event itself, and the disinformation the UK Government seems intent on propagating. Amazingly, the BBC in one video, appears to have actually told the facts as most present saw it. They still attempted to defuse blame for any violence onto those not actually present, but at least they told who was there, who was not, and who did what. I will post that non-embeddable video later but for now, I want to present this one as it shows the mindset of the Muslims quite clearly. This pep talk should be taken very seriously. This is not, a ‘reasonable’ group of people.  h/t Gates of Vienna:

Democracy and rule of law dead in England? Legal protester arrested, violent Muslims allowed to rampage

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According to a Vladtepesblog source in the UK, the EDL, who had a legal right to protest the opening of a giant mosque in London today, was arrested to keep the peace, while over 1000 nearly entirely Muslims who are physically preventing people from joining the protest, are being allowed to continue to do so, unimpeded.

Pics and video from KGS at Tundra and others! thank you all

From our contact:

At this moment Stephen Gash is being told by a senior sergent of the police to call off the demonstration in Harrow. He has been arrested to prevent a breach of the peace…

More than 1000 mainly muslims are gathered infront of the SIOE demonstration and they stop people to attend the demonstration.

If you are on your way to the demo, don’t go, it’s being called off right now. The police can’t handle the muslim counter demonstraters. The senior sergent said that he doesn’t want any of his policemen killed.

Most of the print stories I am reading are spinnning the story to make the British people appear to suffer from advanced rabies. The fact remains, the EDL and SIOE have legal permits to protest the mosque, and it is they who are being arrested and the violent Muslim counter ‘demonstration’ who are being allowed to continue unmolested by the law.

No video as of yet but no doubt there will be hours and hours of it soon. I will post as I get it.

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In the video below, listen to the dhimmi news reporter accuse the organizer of the anti Islamic protest of inciting violence because of the likely Muslim reaction to it. This is utterly disgusting. The next step is now clear. TV reporters will accuse women who do not wear a burka of causing their own rape.

Here we see some members of the religion of peace throwing a few stones at people

Check out the flag in this one, I am told it is the ‘Al Queda flag’
It looks a bit like this: Al Qaeda flag

Danish policeman shot in ‘Palestinian’ area of Denmark.

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This article was found by Uriasposten and translated by KitmanTV, and proofed by myself. Those who know me, can attest to the fact, that any errors in the translation from Danish to English, are almost certainly mine. Thank you again to KitmanTV for doing the translation and sending this my way. It is quite a revelation coming from a Danish police officer.

Eeyore

resizeFirst, a little background from Gates of Vienna:

According to my Danish contacts, we are entering a new phase in our march towards the multicultural paradise. Acting independently, Zonka and Kepiblanc have translated articles about a series of cultural enrichment incidents in the Vollsmose suburb of Odense.

The earliest article avoided any mention of ethnicity, so I asked Zonka if the perpetrators were definitely Enrichers. He said:

I would say there’s a 99+% chance that they were: it’s the M.O. of the Enrichers, it’s a suburb made up almost entirely of Enrichers (think Rosengård), and I have no doubt that Ritzau would have been screaming loudly if ethnic Danes or other Westeners were behind the attack.

So it’s bordering the impossible that it wasn’t Enrichers.

Kepiblanc supplies a little context:

Click more to get to the interview: Continue Reading →

Malmo Firemen made to buy face shields and bullet proof vests

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As many of you may or may not know, The Al Queda handbook teaches the Muslim ‘diaspera’ to create ‘no go zones’ by setting fires and other anti-social acts that require a response from the state, and then attacking the various institutions who respond such as fire, ambulance, police etc. in order to create zones which are under Islamic control and sharia law. This strategy has been employed to tremendous success all over Europe as leftist ‘politically correct’ bureaucrats and government agencies who are either, on side with Muslims and more often, afraid to mention the truth in case they lose the illusion of stable good governance with the electorate, fail to properly inform the public about what is analogous to a cancer growing in the social body.

This is todays manifestation of the western response. Swedish firemen being made to dress for war, rather than fire.

H/T Steen with many thanks. Any error in translation is mine.

Eeyore:

From the Swedish paper, Aftonbladet:

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Firemen in Malmo Sweden are forced to dress more for war than for fighting fires.

“One has to weigh the risk of a fire  spreading, to the risks for our personnel”

Rosengård firemen are forced to get helmts with  face shields and borrow military bullet-proff vests. ” We  have reinforced our cars, but  they have suffered substantial damage anyway.”
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“Once a day we  have alarm from Rosengård, and we  never  know  what will happen.We  want the police in place first. If there is no risk for the fire to spread, we often don’t go there at all.”

“Many fires are made, just to get us there. Jägerro firemen are now eguipped with special helmets, that protects the face  and the neck. This  winther, when it was  worst, we  were forced to borrow bullet-proff  vests from the military.”

One senior collegue has quit the force, as he did not feel he could guarantee the safety of his men. Several others have asked to be transferred to service elsewhere other than Malmo.

Canada really needs to assess it’s role in Afghanistan

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Not for the first time, Vladtepesblog asks what exactly is Canada’s role in Afghanistan? What is it we seek to achieve? If we are propping up a government that is fully committed to sharia law, I say we destroy terrorist infrastructure and methods of raising money such as opium cultivation with tons of Agent Orange and leave them with a warning that if they attack Canada or it’s allies again we will launch major ordinance against them from which they will not recover.

Eeyore

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From Jihad Watch:

September 8, 2009

Afghanistan: Clerics fume as student journalist convicted of “blasphemy” is freed by secret pardon

An unexpected turn in the case of Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh. Perhaps Karzai decided he needed to do something “moderate”-looking in a hurry. “Clerics and hardliners vent their fury at Pervez release,” by Kim Sengupta for the Independent, September 8:

Conservative and religious groups in Afghanistan reacted with fury yesterday to the news that Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, who was sentenced to death for promoting women’s rights, has been freed.

After President Hamid Karzai secretly pardoned the 24-year-old student, hardliners called for an urgent ulama, a meeting of Islamic scholars, to organise protests against the decision.

Mr Kambaksh’s brother, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, said he was “very glad, very happy” at what had happened, and human rights organisations and a number of liberal parliamentarians welcomed the news.

The fate of Mr Kambaksh became a cause célèbre after his plight was revealed by The Independent. A petition to secure justice secured more than 100,000 signatures and the Afghan government came under pressure from Western leaders to free him.

Mr Kambaksh’s original death sentence was set aside by Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. But the judges ruled that he must serve at least 20 years in prison. Following the presidential amnesty he is now starting a life with a new identity in another country after 20 months of incarceration.

Mr Ibrahimi said: “We are all very happy that so much progress has been made with Pervez and I want to thank all the people who have helped in this. I have to be careful about what I say but, of course, Pervez should never have been put in that position, it was wrong. The family is very glad he is out.”

But yesterday in Kabul, Maulavi Hanif Shah Hosseini, a prominent mullah, declared: “Kambaksh committed a crime against the Koran and the people who conspired so that he escaped the law have also committed a crime.

“All the decisions to help this man who disrespected Islam are coming from the foreigners. But the decision to follow along with this came from Karzai and the Afghan government and we disown them. We are going to call for a gathering of the ulama to decide what to do. We are not going to make a big stand against this and any trouble will be the fault of people who helped Kambaksh.”

Qari Rahmatullah, MP for Kunduz, said: “This just shows that our country is not independent. Our policies are dictated by outsiders. Why should a man be allowed to insult Islam and then just walk away?” And he added: “Good Muslim people will be unhappy about this and Mr Karzai will have difficulties if the voting [in the election] goes to the second round.”

A number of reports suggest Karzai has covered his bases there.

Does god hate women? An excellent piece by Nick Cohen

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Burka-clad women walk in the old city of Kabul (AFP/Getty)

A while ago, a BBC producer phoned to tell me I had written a “controversial” book. I knew that already, and gathered from the teeth-sucking sound coming down the line that she did not approve.

“So,” she continued, “we’ve lined up four guests to argue against you.”

I told her to go away — maybe I used a stronger term — and then thought about her predicament. As a biased broadcaster, she wanted to hear my book denounced, but she could not risk organising a one-on-one debate. Maybe I would have come out on top. More probably, some listeners would have agreed with me, others with my opponent, as is the normal way of things. By arranging her show to make it four against one, however, she could maintain the illusion of impartiality while creating the impression in listeners’ mind that the consensus was overwhelmingly against arguments she found uncomfortable. In the interests of “balance” and of letting “everyone have their say”, she would fill 80 per cent of the airtime with advocates of her own political position. I have watched out for rigged debates ever since. They are the surest signal the BBC dares send that an idea does not deserve a hearing in polite society.

Ophelia Benson did not quite get the four-on-one treatment when she appeared on Radio 3’s cultural talk show Nightwaves to discuss a “controversial” book she has co-authored with Jeremy Stangroom. They gave her a mere two opponents, and the presenter tried to be fair. Still, when one adversary stopped disparaging her, the other started, as the BBC flashed warning signs to listeners to ignore her.

If they missed the point, the press banged it home. The Independent denounced Benson and Stangroom “as inflammatory in the extreme”; authors who produce “torrents of invective” and “show no desire to go beyond name-calling and distortion.” The Guardian accused them of “crudeness and lack of insight”. It was “staggered anyone wanted to publish” them, and concluded that only a base desire to make money could explain the release of a “profoundly intellectually dishonest”, “hysterical” and “bizarre” work. My own newspaper, the Observer, was slightly more temperate, but not so the casual reader would notice. Benson and Stangroom were not original thinkers but had “trawled through newspaper articles”. They “splutter with righteous anger”, their style “clunky”, “hammering” and “repetitive”, their arguments “flimsy” and “deadening”.

Readers who imagine that Benson and Stangroom were on the receiving end of the fullest stomach-load of bile literary London has brought up this year because they were making the case for white supremacy or the return of the death penalty do not understand the dark turn Western thought took between the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Benson and Stangroom’s book is Does God Hate Women?, which the predecessors of today’s critics would have hailed as a feminist classic.

“So does God hate women?” it asks.

Well, what can one say. Religious authorities and conservative clerics worship a wretchedly cruel unjust vindictive executioner of a God. They worship a God of 10-year-old boys, a God of playground bullies, a God of rapists, of gangs, of pimps. They worship — despite rhetoric about justice and compassion — a God who sides with the strong against the weak, a God who cheers for privilege and punishes egalitarianism. They worship a God who is  a male and who gangs up with other males against women. They worship a thug. They worship a God who thinks little girls should be married to grown men. They worship a God who looks on in approval when a grown man rapes a child because he is “married” to her. They worship a God who thinks a woman should receive 80 lashes with a whip because her hair wasn’t completely covered. They worship a God who is pleased when three brothers hack their sisters to death with axes because one of them married without their father’s permission.

Please go to Standpoint Mag to read the rest of this excellent article.