tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post1964297183898760229..comments2008-01-03T12:20:45.196-08:00Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04776960696689767044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-14674363524574747212008-01-03T12:20:00.000-08:002008-01-03T12:20:00.000-08:002008-01-03T12:20:00.000-08:00<I>The only difference between them and non-Muslim women is that Muslim women don't believe that their ability to lead requires the castration and emasculation of the men in their community.</I><BR/><BR/>Also the fact that they're subject to <A HREF="http://video1.washingtontimes.com/fishwrap/2008/01/sudden_jihad_syndrome.html" REL="nofollow">honor killings</A> for pretty much anything.Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-86117108244664249552008-01-03T03:32:00.000-08:002008-01-03T03:32:00.000-08:002008-01-03T03:32:00.000-08:00<I>their ability to lead requires the castration and emasculation of the men in their community</I><BR/><BR/>DULY NOTED.nadia nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455020285097397544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-40174346114502167672008-01-02T07:40:00.000-08:002008-01-02T07:40:00.000-08:002008-01-02T07:40:00.000-08:00Perhaps you should define leader.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why it's so narrowly confined to the world of politics for purposes of this discussion because, in my family alone, there are multitudes of Muslim women leaders.<BR/><BR/>Leaders of families, leaders of faculty departments, leaders of community projects, etc.<BR/><BR/>Muslim women are some of the toughest women I've ever come across and have always been so. The only difference between them and non-Muslim women is that Muslim women don't believe that their ability to lead requires the castration and emasculation of the men in their community.Intellectual Insurgenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-89262717529922380062008-01-02T06:23:00.000-08:002008-01-02T06:23:00.000-08:002008-01-02T06:23:00.000-08:00I think the point being made by going back to the time of the prophet is that women have had leadership roles in Islam from its outset.Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510190887007072121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-50704940085521478532008-01-01T16:40:00.000-08:002008-01-01T16:40:00.000-08:002008-01-01T16:40:00.000-08:00come on, that list is pretty weak if you have to go back all the way to the times of Muhammad. The only venerable leader on that list is Khaleda Zia. And Najah Al-Attar? Come on now, she might be vice president in title, but we all know who where the real power lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-54550385194487497852007-12-31T11:02:00.000-08:002007-12-31T11:02:00.000-08:002007-12-31T11:02:00.000-08:00Or even a non-Christian president, without my father noted as a prerequisite for an American president: "an easy sounding name."Maythahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00807786255484384743noreply@blogger.com