More Women's Rights under the Religion of Peace

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http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...03/wgang03.xml

(excerpt)

'Gang rape' victim faces jail on adultery charges
By Philip Delves Broughton in Paris
(Filed: 03/01/2003)


A businesswoman who accused three men of gang rape has been arrested in Dubai and faces trial on charges of adultery.

Touria Tiouli, 39, from Limoges, in France, has had her passport confiscated and cannot leave Dubai after being charged under the emirate's Sharia law.

This declares any sexual relationship outside marriage to be illegal.

Mme Tiouli was on a business trip last October when, she alleges, she was raped by three men who offered her a lift home from a nightclub.

She reported the attack immediately to the Dubai police, who after investigating her claim arrested her rather than those she accused.

One of the men admitted to having "consensual sex" with Mme Tiouli, which made her, in the eyes of Dubai's judiciary, guilty of both adultery and making a false rape accusation. She could face up to 18 months in prison. None of the men has been charged.

Mme Tiouli was held in prison for five days and has since been staying at a hotel.

The government has taken her passport and refused to let her leave the country until her trial, which has not yet been scheduled. (end excerpt)


What point am I making with this post, other than expressing outrage at this and other treatments of women in Islamic countries? Well, the points I wish to make are two:

1) The Islamic world needs to hear more international outcry and indignation expressed over such backwards customs and policies which, in effect, relegate fully one-half of humanity in their countries to sub-human status in terms of treatment and human rights. Amnesty International has fully condemned the treatment of women in Muslim lands. Who is to speak up for the oppressed victims? We, the peoples of the free world, that's who--since the women (or "slaves", as is nearly the case) in these lands cannot dare to speak up for themselves.

2) All cultures are not merely different yet equal. The multiculturalist philosophy is seriously flawed. Some cultures have evolved to higher levels more quickly than others, and claiming that all cultures are equal merely because they happen to exist is wrong.