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| Arab For Israel: Nonie Darwish |
| 2007-05-20 |
| Posted by:Sneaze |
| #3 They're just too afraid to openly talk about it. If you hold your breath long enough to avoid uttering anything controversial, eventually you die of suffocation. If the global Muslim community cannot bring themselves to speak out against their jihadist masters, then they will choke on their own silence. Tough shit. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-20 23:47 |
| #2 I was able to meet and speak with Nonie Darwish a couple of weeks ago. I purchased her book. She is very brave woman. Her story about growing up in Gaza and Islamic life is very chilling. I do, however, get the sense there may be a long term glimmer of hope in dealing with Islam. She points out that most of the followers know in their hearts that they are living a lie. They're just too afraid to openly talk about it. |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2007-05-20 21:48 |
| #1 "Society will shame you to death. This pressure does not exist in the West." Which is why so many high context cultures are extremely backwards, violent and unindustrialized. "I come from a culture that's very sensitive to criticism," she says. "We were never brought up to look at what we had done to cause a particular problem. "It's always about blaming others, saying, maybe it's the next-door neighbour who did it, or, no, it's the next town, or another country, or other religions. It all about humiliation, the bane of high context cultures. "It's never, 'What have we done?' or, 'What is our part in this tragedy?' And if you do admit, 'We've made a mistake and we are sorry for it', you become the bearer of the sin and everything will be thrown at you." Which largely sums up Islam's treatment of women. To this day they are still being punished for Eve's supposed betrayal of Adam in Eden. This is also symptomatic of Islamic institutional memory as a whole. It propels blood vendettas and regional conflicts for centuries at a time. To Darwish, Sharia law is the problem that any woman in the Middle East must face. "You can't live alone — as a woman you must live with your husband or your parents. If you have sex out of wedlock you could go to prison. If you want to convert — become a Buddhist, for example, — you can go to jail for it. When push comes to shove, Sharia law does not protect women. It's the stumbling block, it's what's making Islam impossible to change." Nonie nails it. Shari'a is also what will bring about Islam's demise. Its intransigence and promotion of global domination combine to make it totally implaccable. Islam's adamant refusal to change, reform or even respond to outside pressure will eventually require its extermination. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-20 17:26 |