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In reply to the discussion: Dad lets daughter drown in Dubai so she's not 'dishonored' by male lifeguards' touch [View all]Syzygy321
(583 posts)But have you heard of fundamentalist Christians (say, the Duggars?) murdering daughters for sneaking around with.a guy?
As for Jews: most are very secular. Within the closed ultra-orthodox communities I have heard of some abuse, and am willing to bet a lot of very bad things get hidden, because ultra-orthodox Jewish women are crushed under the exact same burdens and disenfranchisent as most Muslim women. But still, I have never heard of women getting murdered in those communities. (And in New York it would be hard to hide.).
To say "ah, well, religion in general is the problem!" is just a way to dance around the problem. I understand why you want to do that little dance. You know that if you say the wrong word out loud, you aren't "nice."
But we are dying. For God's sake, recognize the ideology that kills us. Please.