General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Muslim Women Shockingly Not Grateful for Topless European Ladies Trying To Save Them [View all]sufrommich
(22,871 posts)All fundamentalist religion is anti women, but to imagine that one can't be a feminist and Islamic is the same as saying that one can't be a feminist and Christian when in truth, many women identify as both Christian and feminist.These women in fundamentalist countries are well aware that their religion is being used as a political baseball bat against them,the same as christian feminist in the first world recognize that fundamentalist religion is used against them. It's really ridiculous to tell a woman who is of the Islamic religion that she must be a feminist or Islamic,but can't be both. None of the women in those facebook pictures seems to be rejecting feminism or supporting anti women regimes, they seem to be supporting their desire to fight the battle how they see fit. There are just as many interpretations of Islam as there is of Christianity and women all over the Arab world fighting to change their status within their religion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_feminism
Rejecting the western way of attaining that isn't the same as rejecting feminism.