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Inside and Out

A former Afghan bride’s view of the Afghan version of Islam and Islamic culture:

Long before the rise of the Taleban, I learnt not to romanticise Third World countries or to confuse their hideous tyrants with liberators.

 I also learnt that sexual and religious apartheid in Muslim countries is indigenous and not the result of Western crimes — and that such “colourful tribal customs” are absolutely, not relatively, evil. Long before al-Qaeda beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan and Nicholas Berg in Iraq, I understood that it was dangerous for a Westerner, especially a woman, to live in a Muslim country. In retrospect, I believe my so-called Western feminism was forged in that most beautiful and treacherous of Eastern countries.  

Nevertheless, Western intellectual-ideologues, including feminists, have demonised me as a reactionary and racist “Islamophobe” for arguing that Islam, not Israel, is the largest practitioner of both sexual and religious apartheid in the world and that if Westerners do not stand up to this apartheid, morally, economically and militarily, we will not only have the blood of innocents on our hands; we will also be overrun by Sharia in the West. I have been heckled, menaced, never-invited, or disinvited for such heretical ideas — and for denouncing the epidemic of Muslim-on-Muslim violence for which tiny Israel is routinely, unbelievably scapegoated.

However, my views have found favour with the bravest and most enlightened people alive. Leading secular Muslim and ex-Muslim dissidents — from Egypt, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria and exiles from Europe and North America — assembled for the landmark Islamic Summit Conference in Florida and invited me to chair the opening panel on Monday.

Topics: Afghanistan, Islam

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:03 am Comments (5) on Thursday, March 8, 2007

5 Responses to “Inside and Out”

1. saltydog Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 2:01 am

   Considering the fate of those who speak out against Islam in any way–especially for Muslims–these are some very brave people and they have my respect and admiration.

   That said, it’s about damn time.

2. alphie Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 2:28 am

   I wonder how she feels about the new constitution of Afghanistan that are troops are currently dying to defend:

   Article 1
   Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic, independent, unitary and indivisible state.

   Article 2
   (1) The religion of the state of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is the sacred religion of Islam.
   (2) Followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law.

   Article 3
   In Afghanistan, no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam.

3. Old War Dogs Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 3:10 am

   Bill’s Nibbles // Open Post — 2007.03.08

   Some Bill’s Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I’m sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong above the

4. Bill's Bites Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 3:11 am

   Bill’s Nibbles // Open Post — 2007.03.08

   Just read ‘em. Maybe I’ll find time to do more with ‘em later. (And some things that are too short to excerpt and too good to not mention.) Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not

5. RebeccaH Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

   As long as this kind of Muslim keeps speaking out, there’s hope that Islamic fundamentalism will eventually die, killed off by sheer, perverse human nature.

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