An interesting book that looks at the underpinnings of Islamic subjugation of women; it contains a lot of information about the beginnings of Islam. Unfortunately, Leila Ahmed seeks to shift the blame for Islamic abuse of women unto the West, Christians and Jews. Her theory is that the Islamic message absorbed the anti-female practices of other societies of the area, including the Greeks, Christians, and Jews. Also, it is the West's fault that Islamic hardliners are reinstating the old abuses: it is simply a backlash at Western dominance and Western values (including feminism) that they feel have been imposed on them.
It makes me tired. When will people stop laying blame and start taking responsibility for their own messes?
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