Canadians Speak out on Honour Killings

Thanks for your comments Doctor Ok, you do raise some important issues as well, of which I am grateful.

I would like to direct you to please read my last post on "Culture Clash Proves Deadly" I wrote yesterday, in it you will find I state that it is the few (Muslim fanatics) and not Muslims generally per say.  There are many middle eastern countries predominately Muslim who have no problem with Catholics or Jews building Churches and Synagogues and practising their faith,  Iran is one example of tolerance believe it or not, and Iraq under Saddam. Pakistan is not as forgiving.  

In ending, you should know I never paint one culture's mistakes with one brush, just the insane zealots of all religious affiliations who state non believers, infidels and uncovered women have no place on this earth, are cattle and or deserve to be raped and subjugated.  Most here on Now Public who know me through my many columns on this subject and similar stories on here know I am fair and balanced in my reporting most times, unless I have good reason otherwise.  As for Females of the Muslim persuasion who know too well of oppressive religions in their culture, they have witnessed and or experienced unimaginable horrors we can never comprehend as males. 

CBC (Behind the Lens) in fact was in numerous villages inTurkey and, yes, even Bosnia 23 years ago (approx) for 6 months interviewing various Muslim women of all ages in villages throughout asking them if they felt oppressed? With their husnbands nervously standing on the other side of the room and within earshot, the Women declared Life was Good to which the husbands nodded in agreement to their wives assessment.  The CBC producers sensing the collective verbatim "Life is Good" statement from all women, requested the men leave the room, the men complied and stood outside the  house, smoking and discussing heatedly, with much arm raising among themselves. Though as a viewer I could not understand their language, it did not take a Rockey Scientist in Linguistics to figure out they were a tad pissed for good reason.  CBC re-interviewed these same women and the story was a 180 degree turn of events among these women as most women in even Western Society will attest when congregating amongst themselves.  The women though still religous found the male founded and dominated Islamic religion is grieviously interpreted by Idiotic Imans who spew their own twisted interpretation to their illiterate and literate followers. The male followers then take this as gospel and proceed to treat their women as such.

Asked whether they were happy with their husbands, most agreed they were, though many sarcastically critized their husbands, their traits, slovenly ways, inability to child rear etc.   Asked whether their husbands adhered to the strict islamic code, as the Husbands demand their wioves adhere to. The women greeted the CBC producer with gales of laughter, some with tears of laughter. So in ending my Good Doctor, I always like to think I do my homework before stating a Fact and reporting on it.  As for Female Presidents and Prime Ministers or even Politicians for that matter, that too is my preference, though I would hope most would be for these Women to be Mothers, including Muslim Mothers. Why?  Mothers, above all people have the life experience Males do not have, as what (giving Birth) their children mean to them, thus wars and hate would be ultimately a Non Issue. Enuff said!

I do not agree with the statement that Muslim diversity is as great as in the English world. Let's face it. Islam fundamentally treats women as second class citizens subservient to men. It is a totalitarian religion that demands obedience to the letter of "the law." If anybody practices it other than the way it's practiced let's say in Saudi Arabia, that's because he/she doesn't really believe in all the precepts of religion at the risk of facing retribution from those that do. It's true that Turkey has made a lot of progress in modernization thanks to its secularist revolution in the 1920's, but the secularists have always been labelled infidels and kuffar by pious Muslims. With the religous party in power Turkey is now facing increasing pressure to turn back the clock. More and more women are persuaded or coerced by social pressure to cover themselves up and to abide by other requisites of religion. It's only the army that's holding the country from going back to the Middle Ages. For now...