ThePoliticallyIncorrect Guide hi Islam (and the Crusades)you r hus ban ds hav e ove r you ,eve ry one of youwou ld wip e the dus t
fro mher husband's feet with her face.'"
Individual Muslims may respectand honor women, but Islam doesn't.The great Islamic cover-up
The Qur'an directs that women must "lower their gaze and guard their
modesty; that they should not display theirbeautyandornaments except what
must ordinarilyappear thereof; that theyshoulddraw their veilsov er th ei r
bo so ms an d no t di sp l ay th ei r
b e a u t y e x ce p t t o t he i r h u s b an d s , t h e i r
fathers" and a few others (Qur'an24:31),
M u h a mm a d w a s mo r e s pe c i f i c w h e n
As ma, dau ght er of one of his le adi ng co m-
pa ni on s (a nd fi rs t su cc es so r) Ab u Bak r ,
c a me t o s e e h i m w h i l e " w e a r i n g t h i n
cl oth es ." "0 Asm a," exc lai med th e Pr oph et,
"wh en a wo man re ach es th e age of men str u-
ati on, it doe s not sui t her tha t shedis pla ys her
par tsof bod y exc ept thi s and thi s,andhepointed
to her face and hands. "
In our own day , thi s cov eri ng has bec ome th e
for emo st sym bo l of th e pl ace of wom en in Islam.Child marriage
The Qur 'antak eschi ld mar ria ge for gra nte d
in it s di re ct iv es ab ou t di vo rc e. Di sc us si ng
t he wa i t i ng pe r i od r eq ui r ed i n or de r t o
determine if the woman is pregnant,it saysJust Like Today:
Girls die for theburqa
Agraphic exampleof the oppression
th at Is la mi c dr es sre gu la ti on sfo r
women engender came in March 2002 in
Mecca, when fifteen girls were killed in
a fire at their schoolSaudiArabia's
religiouspoli ce, the mutt awa.
wouldn 't let thegir ls out ofth e
bui ldi ng. Si nce onl ywomen were in
the school, the girls hadshed their all-
concealing outer garments.The
muttawa preferred the girls death to
tr ans gr es sio n of Is la mic law—to
theextent that they actually battled
policeand firemen whoweretrying to
open heschool's door's