Although cards and gifts are exchanged between men and women on Valentine's Day, it's really all about the woman. No man is going to cry if he doesn't get flowers from his woman. Men could not care less.
Since this day is all about showing our love for our womenfolk, the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran get their turbans all in a twist. If men start to treat women with love and respect they will as a consequence be contradicting the teachings of the Quran - and that is blasphemy.
Muslims will tell you that women are treated with respect in Islam; the following article from 2005 tells a different story about how Arabs and Muslims really treat women.
The Middle East Media Research Institute, 12 Apr 2005, Arab Feminists on Women's Rights: Cats and Dogs in the Developed World Have More Rights than Women in the Arab and Muslim World
Marking Valentine's Day and International Women's Day, the Arabic press published numerous articles dealing with the status of women in the Arab and Muslim world and the denial of their rights, on the part of both governments and public in general. The progressive websites www.metransparent.com and www.elaph.com published articles by feminist authors harshly critical of the state of women's rights in these countries. The following are excerpts from articles by Saudi author W aj iha Al-Huweidar and by Tunisian authors and researchers Dr. Iqbal Al-Gharbi [1], Dr. Munjiyah Al-Sawaihi, and Dr. Raja bin Salama:
Wajiha Al-Huweidar: "Covert Animosity and Open Discrimination Against Women Prevail in Arab Countries"
Writing in Elaph.com on March 7, 2005 Saudi author Wajiha Al-Huweidar explained: "All of the Arab regimes are U.N. members and have ratified the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights, which clearly establishes justice and equality in the rights and obligations of all citizens. Despite this, women in our chauvinist countries are still considered the property of their relatives. All Arab countries, without exception, harbor covert animosity and open discrimination against women. To this day, all official bodies reject any scientific discussion of a solution to women's problems – while on the other hand the men, who benefit from women's oppression, continue to regurgitate [the mant r a] that 'women are respected' [in Arab and Muslim societies]…
"Arab countries' legislation patently discriminates against women and clearly denies their rights, which affronts them as human beings. They are still treated as though they contaminate purity, and arouse temptation and immorality. What is astounding is that most Arabs, at all levels and in every area – whether governments, institutions, or individuals – still consider women's issues a religious issue, and thus believe that her concerns should be dealt with through outdated chauvinist [religious] interpretations…
"An improvement in women's status will not come through invalid solutions which have been proven ineffectual. The laws grant female citizens only half a voice, diminish women's rights, classify them as having only partial sense, denigrate their importance, doubt their capabilities, permit beating and banishing them, permit their caging within four walls, allow their husbands to treat them as they see fit, and allow them to be bought and sold according to legal agreements. When women fail [in matters forbidden by religious law], the laws welcome their barbarous execution.
"These laws are clearly no longer suited to an era in which cats and dogs in the developed world have more rights than Arab women, and more even than those of Arab men…
It should be noted that Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran are Islamic states and that Islamic law is the law of the land. It is Islamic law that permits and even encourages the subjugation and mistreatment of women. One cannot blame the mistreatment of women on culture alone - Saudi culture is Arab, Pakistani culture is Indian, and Iranian culture is Persian - the only thing similar is that all three share the same religion: Islam.
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My dear Muslimah, why do you wear a hijab, are you so clueless that you do not realize that it is the symbol of the oppression of women in Islam? It is not only sad but insulting to women everywhere that you choose to wear such oppressive headgear. Imagine if Jews were stupid enough to go around wearing yellow patches on their sleeves, wouldn't that be insulting to all other Jews? Such clueless Jews should be slapped in the face and spit upon. That intelligent Muslim women do not slap you in your face and spit on you just shows how brainwashed all of you really are.
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