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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima]Yeh, discrimination that exists in your head, so pointless! I will repeat it over and over again. Islam doesn't discriminate against women. I am a Muslim woman and will choose the rules of Islam over any other rules, now you dont have to accept that because obviously you are not Muslim. But to tell me that I am being discriminated against by my Religion while I perfectly know I am not is kinda insulting. To think you care more about my situation and plight as a muslim woman is actually very odd! Whenever Women are being discriminated against in the muslim world, it has been because of action of Men not the religion, so get off of your high horses. Hundreds of Thousands of women are being discriminated against in the United States every single day, so have at it! [/quote]

Several of us are concerned about intellectual dishonesty. Insinuating that we're insensitive bigots and/or that the US discriminates more is the WRONG way to address this.

Muslima, if you don't want to talk about Islamic treatment of prisoners of war, inheritance rights, or divorce, then you're free not to! It's your absolute right never to mention these things. Or, you can chose not to answer questions about them, and the thread will die a quiet death.

Instead, however, YOU bring these things up in a way that's frankly misleading. You write about them in glowing ways, as in, "Islam offers asylum to prisoners of war" and "Islam offers inheritance and divorce rights to women." And then it seems like you're hoping that nobody here knows enough to fill in the gaps, and that DCUM readers will go away thinking that's the end of the story.

When somebody does fill in the gaps, you accuse them of confusion, misunderstanding, or worse (see above for a typical example).

You'd be on much safer ground telling the full truth at the start. Here's an example. "Islam offers divorce rights to women that did not exist prior to Muhammed. These rights are not equal between men and women. For example, a man just has to repeat the word "talak" three times ("talak, talak, talak") and he's divorced his wife. This recourse isn't available to women, who instead have to go before an Islamic court. However, I am comfortable within this because I see it within the context of women's roles in society, which are ABC. I also see this within the broader societal context of X,Y,Z. Let me give some examples....  Also, here's why I'm comfortable with Islamic child custody laws that differ from those in the west."  See? You give us the complete story, so nobody has to come in and fill in your gaps, but we also get context (hopefully context that doesn't end in 600AD, please), and why this is meaningful to you, a Muslim, today. [/quote]

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