Because clearly I need to be fed western propaganda to believe that Islam could be anything other than a religion of peace and tolerance. Bye.

Then may as well blow up the planet because pretty much every power structure in existence is built on similar if not identical foundations.

I have no issues with hurting the feelings of faux-progressives, especially when they’re supporting the kinds of people that execute people like me.

If it's all made up anyway (and I think it all is anyway), why get hung up on people wanting to make it into something better?

I think what the OP struggled with was the fact that feminist Muslim women must believe in the Sharia. Sharia can be interpreted in many ways by using many tools, but there are undoubtedly unequal aspects of it regarding the genders. Sharia must be believed in whole if you are a Muslim, even if you interpret it quite…

Her prophet raped a 9 year old girl. That’s all I need to know.

As I said before, Islam is not the only religion that is misogynistic. All organized religions are. To be religious and a feminist at the same time means to ignore all of the misogynistic undertones of your religion. Ignoring misogyny does not make it go away.

I mentioned nothing about Arabs. I mentioned Muslims. Your ethnicity cannot make your innately more or less feminist, because your ethnicity is not a choice. Your religion however can and definitely does clash with feminism, and it most definitely is a choice*.

I may have a less than ideal view of human nature, but think that if we wait for humans to have the clarity and logic to leap from one ideology to another all at once, we will be waiting a long time.

This is what a person who loves to pick the good cherries and ignore the rotten ones.

I was with you until the end. I see cherry-picking as harmful, because it allows people to pretend that their religion of choice has no consequences. That their religion of choice is benevolent. And that’s just false.

I mean it in the simplest possible way. Have you ever read books like the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon; really read them, cover to cover? The majority of the teachings and stories contained, when not bizarre, are simply horrifying, and the majority of adherents to their faiths ignore them, most of the time.…

Fatima grew up in a domestic harem—a household with her family and her uncles’ families. There were quarters for each nuclear family, an apartment for the brothers’ mother, and a locked gate with a guard to keep the women from leaving without permission. Her father adored her mother, and did what he could to make her…

But religion is not a Choose Your Own Adventure, and that is especially true with Islam. The Quran is literally, or so they say, the perfect work of God. You cannot pick what you like about it and ignore what you don’t. You cannot change the fact that your support of a certain religion often means support of hateful,…

Actually, I think that’s the very definition of cherry picking. A person picks out the pieces he or she thinks will help their life (Ooh, this bit that gives me comfort in my grief sounds nice...and this bit that encourages me to help the less fortunate makes me feel good, and doing it with like-minded people helps me…

It may seem like a paradox, but the respect, or even holiness a religious person ultimately earns seems to be directly proportional to how resolutely he ignores the teachings in his most sacred books.

Islamic “feminism” seems pointless to me. Islam and all other old, mainstream (for lack of a better word) religions were founded by men and are patriarchal by nature.

I have all the respect for Malala’s bravery and for what she’s done. However, Islam (and every single organized religion) stands in opposition of women’s rights. No amount of cherry picking will ever change that fact.

This woman was a true inspiration to all of us. She travelled the world to understand people, challenging both herself and the traditions of her Islamic faith, and ultimately came to embody the best of the feminist cause. RIP Fatima - Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace.

From Fatima to Malala. They know the only cure for all that ails our planet is education - for all.