International Women’s Day, Israel vs. the Muslim world

In Israel on International Women’s Day, former president Moshe Katsav was indicted for rape.

In Saudi Arabia, the AP flacks for the kingdom point out that women can now attend the Riyadh International Book Fair for more than the two half-days they attended last year—but they can’t give autographed copies of their books to men.

In Pakistan’s Swat Valley, women stay home for fear of being killed by the Taliban.

In Jordan, men are still protected by law from harsh punishments for “honor” killings of their wives or female relatives.

In Iran, women can still be whipped and stoned for not covering up with a hijab. Or stoned to death for adultery.

In Malaysia, clerics issue fatwas banning yoga.

In Gaza, besides using women as human shields, Hamas has been recruiting them for suicide attacks on Israelis.

In LaLa Land, a few truckloads of female fools, including Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin, were finally let through the Gaza border by Egypt to support—of course—the Palestinians. There were no Code Pink marches in support of women in Islamic countries facing discrimination and death for being women.

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