Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Women's rights

Many westerners decry the supposedly subservient position of women in Islam. Let's look at the 4 largest Muslim countries (not counting India and China), and when they first had a female head of state:







CountryHead of stateAssumed office
IndonesiaMegawati Sukarnoputri2001
PakistanBenazir Bhutto1988
BangladeshBegum Khaleda Zia1991
TurkeyTansu Çiller1993


Some day, it is to be hoped, the United States will follow Muslim countries' lead and elect a woman as President....

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