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Old 04-10-2010, 04:27 PM   #11
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The Quran says that women have a right to choose their own husbands.

The Yemeni cases have been appalling. There have been cases of girls raised in Britain who know little about Yemeni culture -- visiting their fathers or their grandparents in Yemen -- and being kept against their wishes and married to old men.

i have a Master's degree in Anthropology. The cultural relativism arguments have been drilled into me. I also know that we are at war in so many ways with traditional cultures, many of which are Muslim, and much of the politics behind that "war" are not mine. But i don't care. DON'T CARE. These are human rights violations. It is 2010 for all the world everywhere. Ruining people's bodies, minds, and spirits -- i don't care if your culture falls apart because of it, but end it.

If the Aztecs were still doing human sacrifice daily, i think the world would have something to say about it.

Women in the Middle East are working to stop these atrocities. We should support them.

i love Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, who co-wrote Half the Sky. He helps women around the world tell their stories. He came to these stories with no ax to grind, no personal investment. He was just a reporter, and he couldn't turn away when he saw what was happening. i love people like that.
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