http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/

DISCRIMINATION OF WOMEN & CHILD ABUSE
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009854?query=ashura&ct=>
Mutilated baby at Shia Muslim Ashura festival
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/genocide/index.htm> Tens of
millions of girls genitally mutilated
<http://www.religioustolerance.org/quotes2.htm>
<http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/002184.htm>
<http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/002184.htm> Iranian woman being
prepared for stoning to death
<http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/002184.htm> (IranPressNews, Dec 21,
2004)


Flogged Iranian woman and gay

<http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5188> Iranian
plans to segregate pedestrian walkways and elevators on gender basis
Perfectly legal & horrific discrimination & abuse against women
TV
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/#beatingwife#beatin
gwife> programs on how to beat your wife according to Islamic Shari'a law
"The principles of Islamic
<http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=403716> Shari'a shall be a major
source of legislation"
<http://www.mopic.gov.ps/constitution/english%20constitution.asp#CHAPTER%20O
NE> (
<http://www.mopic.gov.ps/constitution/english%20constitution.asp#CHAPhttp://
www.mopic.gov.ps/constitution/english
constitution.asp#CHAPTER%20ONETER%20ONE> Draft of Palestinian Constitution -
c. 1, art. 7, PA official website, Sep 14, 2005)
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=38586&d=25&m=1&y=2004>
World's only state where it is illegal for women to drive
World's
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/#tenminutemarriages
#tenminutemarriages> only state where "ten minute marriages"are legal
World's only place where without written permission from a male guardian,
women may not travel, get an education or work. Regardless of permissions,
they are not allowed to mix with men in public or leave home without
covering themselves with black cloaks, called abayas.
<http://www.operationsick.com/articles/20030114_brookingsreportiraqichildsol
diers.asp>
Women participation in politics and economy is the lowest in the world.
Impunity for "honor" killings of women
Religious police prevents firemen from rescuing girls burning to death

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-newest-abuse-excuse-f_b_7
584.html> The newest abuse excuse for violence of Arab men against Arab
women
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-newest-abuse-excuse-f_b_7
584.html>
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-newest-abuse-excuse-f_b_7
584.html>




<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040211/ids_photos_wl/r817088
121.jpg> This photo was taken in the Palestinian Autonomy (Gaza Strip) by
Reuters on Feb 11, 2004. Note how the armed men wearing the distinguishing
hooded mask of a Palestinian terrorist, fire from among unarmed civilians,
including children, making it impossible for Israeli soldiers to defend
without harming the children. This tactic has been successfully adopted by
Palestinian terrorists to blame Israel for the deaths of children and
civilians so deliberately and cynically caused by the Palestinians' own
actions.

<http://www.isratv.com/video/filmpmwadsl.asx>
<http://www.isratv.com/video/filmpmwadsl.asx> "
<http://www.isratv.com/video/filmpmwadsl.asx> Ask for death" is t
<http://www.isratv.com/video/filmpmwadsl.asx> he message that the
Palestinian Authority has been conveying to its children (PMW, Apr 2, 2004)

Millions of girls denied access to school - Child soldiers - Incitement of
children to hatred - Child & women slavery

<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17707> Children
of the Jihad. Palestinian kids raised for war. Taught to hate, kill Jews
through 'Sesame Street'-type TV show (Jon E. Dougherty and David Kupelian,
Nov 3, 2000): "Palestinian children are taught to hate Jews, to glorify
"jihad" (holy war), violence, death and child martyrdom almost from birth,
as an essential part of their culture and destiny."



<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1890541.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1890541.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1890541.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1890541.stm> Shia Muslims
mark Ashura (BBC, Mar 24, 2002): "Thousands of Shia Muslims - many bloodied
from beating themselves - marched through Lebanon's cities on Sunday to
commemorate the killing of one of their most revered figures, Imam Hussein."


<http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/maatam.htm> Allaahuakbar.net

<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/pa/godisgreatlittle.MPG> Allah is
Great, Oh Little Ones (Palestinian TV Sattellite, June 26, 2001) (MPG, 16.2
MB): "... I gladly welcome my Martyrdom ..."

<http://clinton.senate.gov/news/2001/06/2001614111.html> Senators voice
concern over discrepancy between Arafat, PA rhetoric to the West and hatred
preached to Palestinian people and taught in schools (Hillary Rodham
Clinton, United States Senator, June 14, 2001)

<http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/2002/saudiarabia03152002.html> "Amnesty
International is gravely concerned at reports that 14 girls have lost their
lives and dozens of others were injured following a fire at their school in
Mecca on 11 March 2002 after the religious police (Mutawa'een) prevented
them from escaping from the fire because they were not wearing headscarves
and their male relatives were not there to receive them. The religious
police are also reported to have prevented rescuers from entering the school
because they were males and therefore not permitted to mix with females." -
Mar 15, 2002

<http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/Somalichildren/default.asp> A Gap in
their Hearts: the experience of separated Somali children (UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Sep 21, 2003): "After a decade of
international neglect to, Somalia's unique circumstances ever since the
collapse of the state in 1991 have served to produce one of the largest
groups of separated children arriving in Europe and North American
countries."


<http://www.saudiembassy.org.uk/publications/questions-of-human-rights/quest
ions-of-human-rights.htm>
<http://www.saudiembassy.org.uk/publications/questions-of-human-rights/quest
ions-of-human-rights.htm> Saudi Arabia - Questions of Human Rights (Website
of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London): "Q: Why can women not travel freely
and alone within Saudi Arabia? A: This phenomena is not limited to Saudi
Arabia. This custom prevails in many Muslim countries. There is a religious
basis for it: the Prophet Mohamed said that no women should travel for more
than one night without her husband or a mahram, for example her father, son
or uncle. Some Muslim scholars believe that the Prophet's instruction was
based on the unsafe travel conditions of the time. They argue that as travel
is no longer risky, that injunction does not apply. However, religious
scholars in Saudi Arabia do not accept this interpretation, and neither do
the majority of the Saudi people. This is not a matter of government decree;
it is a matter of deep personal belief."

<http://www.hamasonline.com/Gallery/gallery_small/000636.jpg>
<http://www.hamasonline.com/Gallery/gallery_small/000636.jpg> Palestinian
child soldier armed with grenade (Hamasonline, Jun 29, 2004)

<http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/TestimonyAhmed060402.htm> HUMAN RIGHTS
IN SAUDI ARABIA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN. (TESTIMONY OF ALI AL-AHMED, Director of
the Saudi Institute before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus,
<http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/TestimonyAhmed060402.htm> Jun 4, 2002):
"Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that prevents women from
driving, studying law and engineering, directly selling or buying property,
attending court (even when accused of murder), and showing their faces in
public."

<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/razor.jpg>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/razor.jpg>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/razor.jpg>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fmgpictures.htm>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fmgpictures.htm> Pictures of
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 2002
(These pictures are not suitable for children. They are extremely
disturbing!!!)

"Instruments" for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Egyptian girl undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/hosken.pdf>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/hosken.pdf> Excerpts from
Hosken Report, Somalia Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females, Fourth
Revised Edition, 1993 (Women's International Network News) (PDF 66 KB): "The
child, completely naked, is made to sit on a low stool. Several women take
hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her outer and inner
lips, the operator, usually a woman experienced in this procedure, sits down
facing the child. With her kitchen knife the operator first pierces and
slices open the hood of the clitoris. Then she begins to cut it out. While
another woman wipes off the blood with a rag, the operator digs with her
sharp fingernail a hole the length of the clitoris to detach and pull out
the organ. The little girl, held down by the women helpers, screams in
extreme pain; but no one pays the slightest attention.The operator finishes
this job by entirely pulling out the clitoris, cutting it to the bone with
her knife. Her helpers again wipe off the spurting blood with a rag. The
operator then removes the remaining flesh, digging with her finger to remove
any remnant of the clitoris among the flowing blood. The neighbor women are
then invited to plunge their fingers into the bloody hole to verify that
every piece of the clitoris is removed."

<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/>
<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/> Health consequences of
FGM (Fact sheet no. 241 Female Genital Mutilation, World Health
Organization, WHO official website, June 2004): "Immediate complications
include severe pain, shock, haemorrhage, urine retention, ulceration of the
genital region and injury to adjacent tissue. Haemorrhage and infection can
cause death. More recently, concern has arisen about possible transmission
of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to the use of one instrument
in multiple operations, but this has not been the subject of detailed
research. Long-term consequences include cysts and abscesses, keloid scar
formation, damage to the urethra resulting in urinary incontinence,
dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse) and sexual dysfunction and
difficulties with childbirth. Psychosexual and psychological health: Genital
mutilation may leave a lasting mark on the life and mind of the woman who
has undergone it. In the longer term, women may suffer feelings of
incompleteness, anxiety and depression."
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fgh-who.pdf>
<http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fgh-who.pdf> Female Genital
Mutilation (World Health Organization, 1999, p. 149-154): (PDF, 672 KB)
97% of Egyptian women[= 29 million] have undergone Female Genital Mutilation
98% of Djibouti women [= 250,000] have undergone Female Genital Mutilation
98% of Somali women [= 5 million] have undergone Female Genital Mutilation
25% of Mauritanian women [= 750,000] have undergone Female Genital
Mutilation

<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10096.htm>
<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10096.htm> Report on Female Genital
Mutilation, Egypt (U.S. Department of State, Jun 1, 2001):
"... practice is nearly universal among women of reproductive age in Egypt
... findings show that 97 percent of women surveyed have undergone one of
these procedures ..."

<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10095.htm>
<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10110.htm> Report on Female Genital
Mutilation, Sudan (U.S. Department of State, Jun 1, 2001): About 90% of
Sudanese women [= 14.4 million] have undergone Female Genital Mutilation

<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10112.htm>
<http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10112.htm> Report on Female Genital
Mutilation, Yemen (U.S. Department of State, Jun 1, 2001):
"... 96 percent of women in Hodeidah, Hadraumaut and Al-Maharah had
undergone this procedure, while Aden and Sana'a city were 82 percent and
45.5 percent, respectively."

<http://www.who.int/frh-whd/FGM/infopack/English/fgm_infopack.htm#HEALTH%20C
ONSEQUENCES>
<http://www.wma.net/e/policy/c10.htm> The World Medical Association
Statement on Female Genital Mutilation, Oct 1993: "The World Medical
Association condemns the practice of genital mutilation including
circumcision where women and girls are concerned and condemns the
participation of physicians in the execution of such practices."
<http://www.aap.org/policy/re9749.html> Policy Statement | Female Genital
Mutilation (American Academy of Pediatrics, PEDIATRICS Vol. 102 No. 1 Jul
1998, pp. 153-156): "... pediatricians and pediatric surgical specialists
should be aware that this practice [FGM] has serious, life-threatening
health risks for children and women. The AAP opposes all forms of FGM ."
[Disturbing graphical descriptions included]

<http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/%2BDwwBm7ewAbdwwwwnwwwwwwwhFqo
UfIfRZ2ItFqtxw5oq5zFqtFEIfgIAFqoUfIfRZ2IDzmxwwwwwww1FqtFEIfgI/opendoc.htm#fg
m>
<http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/%2BDwwBm7ewAbdwwwwnwwwwwwwhFqo
UfIfRZ2ItFqtxw5oq5zFqtFEIfgIAFqoUfIfRZ2IDzmxwwwwwww1FqtFEIfgI/opendoc.htm#fg
m> The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR official website, Jul 9, 2004): "In France,
the Netherlands, Canada and the United States, it has been officially
recognized that genital mutilation represents a form of persecution and that
this can be a basis for refugee status. In one case, a woman who feared
persecution in her country because of her refusal to inflict genital
mutilation on her infant daughter was recognized as a refugee."
<http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/kadi/kadiqus.htm> Why is FGM any different
to the circumcision of boys? (Spinifex Press, Nov 14, 2004): "The
circumcision of boy-children, in the form it is known in Australia, involves
the removal of the foreskin, or prepuce, from the penis. This act is
performed for reasons of religion, in the Jewish faith, or for culturally
imposed concepts of hygiene or for aesthetic reasons. 'The degree of cutting
in female circumcision is anatomically much more extensive [than in male
circumcision]. The male equivalent of clitoridectomy (in which all or part
of the clitoris is removed) would be the amputation of most of the penis.
The male equivalent of infibulation (which involves not only clitoridectomy,
but the removal or closing off of the sensitive tissue around the vagina)
would be removal of all the penis, its roots of soft tissue, and part of the
scrotal skin.'(Nahid Toubia, Female Genital Mutilation, p.9) Unlike FGM,
male circumcision is not performed with the aim of diminishing the sexual
desire or drive of the male, nor to ensure chastity or virginity."


<http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=realimpact/memri/memri_10-30-0
2_08.rm> Program on Imposing Discipline in the Family: Hosted by Jasem
Muhammad Al-Mutawah, Expert on Family Matters (IQRA TV/MEMRI, May 9, 2002)
You will need Real Player to view this video:
<http://forms.real.com/real/realone/realone.html?dc=1221211130&type=dl%B2%03
_bypass=true&bbits=true> Click here to download Real Player

<http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/transcriptimposing.
htm> Click here to read transcript
<http://www.memri.org/video/segment8_program.html> : "...there is a wife
with whom the situation is the opposite: If you use calm words with her, she
will not grasp them, and the problem will continue...We all know that Allah
has given authority to the man, including admonishing and guiding the wife
in cases of disobedience, banishing her from the bed, and then - the
beatings."

<http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD56703> Defending Muslim
Women from Beatings (Othman Al-Rawwaf, Saudi columnist for the London-based
Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat/MEMRI, Aug 25, 2003): "The book,
'Women in Islam,' describes how men should beat their wives, citing the
Koranic verse: "And [as to] those on whose part you fear disobedience,
admonish them, expel them from the bed, and beat them [ 4:34]." ,,,
"Wife-beating cannot be explained in terms of necessity and non-painful
methods when speaking with non-Muslims, and even with many Muslim women. The
[participating] Shari'a experts gave various answers, some of them
explaining the reasons and justifications for wife-beating. When one of the
professors of Shari'a used his pencil [to demonstrate], tapping his hand
lightly and explaining to those present, 'Such is wife-beating in Islam,
light and not painful,' cries of laughter and astonishment broke out in the
hall..."

<http://danielpipes.org/article/1823> Female Desire and Islamic Trauma
(Daniel Pipes, New York Sun, May 25, 2004): "A woman's rampant desires and
irresistible attractiveness gives her a power over men that even rivals
God's. She must be contained, for her unbridled sexuality poses a direct
danger to the social order. (Symbolic of this, the Arabic word fitna means
both civil disorder and beautiful woman.) The entire Muslim social structure
can be understood as containing female sexuality. It goes to great lengths
to separate the sexes and reduce contact between them. This explains such
customs as the covering of women's faces and the separation of women's
residential quarters, or the harem. Many other institutions serve to reduce
female power over men, such as her need for a male's permission to travel,
work, marry, or divorce. Revealingly, a traditional Muslim wedding took
place between two men - the groom and the bride's guardian."

<http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/01/jord0127.htm>
<http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/01/jord0127.htm> Jordanian Parliament
Supports Impunity For Honor Killings (Human Rights Watch): (Washington DC,
January 27, 2000) -- Human Rights Watch today condemned the failure of the
Jordanian Lower House to end impunity for men who murder female family
members in the name of preserving the "honor" of the family. "For too long,
men in Jordan have been getting away with murder," said Regan Ralph,
executive director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.
"This vote is a slap in the face of Jordanian women who have been organizing
to stop the killings." ... This is the second time in two months that the
Jordanian Lower House has failed to abolish Article 340 of the Penal Code,
which provides for lenient sentences when men kill their female relatives in
the name of "honor." Parliamentarians justified their defense of honor
killings as protection of Jordan's traditional and moral values against
western influences. ... Human Rights Watch further called on the Jordanian
parliament to provide protection for women threatened by their family
members on the basis of "honor," and to abolish other laws that discriminate
against women, including the rape law, citizenship law, passport law, and
social security law."


<http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/%2BDwwBm7ewAbdwwwwnwwwwwwwhFqo
UfIfRZ2ItFqtxw5oq5zFqtFEIfgIAFqoUfIfRZ2IDzmxwwwwwww1FqtFEIfgI/opendoc.htm#wo
men>
<http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/%2BDwwBm7ewAbdwwwwnwwwwwwwhFqo
UfIfRZ2ItFqtxw5oq5zFqtFEIfgIAFqoUfIfRZ2IDzmxwwwwwww1FqtFEIfgI/opendoc.htm#wo
men> The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR official website, Jul 9, 2004): "A woman
who fears attack for her refusal to wear a chador or other restrictive
clothing, or because of her desire to choose her own spouse and live an
independent life, may qualify to be a refugee."

<http://www.nypost.com/seven/08152003/postopinion/opedcolumnists/taheri.htm>
This is not Islam (Paris based Iranian journalist Amir Taheri, The New York
Post, Aug 15, 2003): "Muslim women could easily check the fraudulent nature
of the neo-Islamist hijab by leafing through their family albums. They will
not find the picture of a single female ancestor of theirs who wore the
cursed headgear now marketed as an absolute "must" of Islam. This fake
Islamic hijab is nothing but a political prop, a weapon of visual terrorism.
It is the symbol of a totalitarian ideology inspired more by Nazism and
Communism than by Islam. It is as symbolic of Islam as the Mao uniform was
of Chinese civilization. It is used as a means of exerting pressure on
Muslim women who do not wear it because they do not share the sick ideology
behind it. It is a sign of support for extremists who wish to impose their
creed, first on Muslims, and then on the world through psychological
pressure, violence, terror, and, ultimately, war."

<http://www.time.com/time/world/printout/0,8816,185647,00.html>
<http://www.time.com/time/world/printout/0,8816,185647,00.html> The Women of
Islam (Lisa Beyer, Time, Nov 25, 2001):"The Taliban perfected subjugation.
But nowhere in the Muslim world are women treated as equals."

<http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/TestimonyAhmed060402.htm> HUMAN RIGHTS
IN SAUDI ARABIA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN. (TESTIMONY OF ALI AL-AHMED, Director of
the Saudi Institute before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus,
<http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/TestimonyAhmed060402.htm> Jun 4, 2002):
"Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that prevents women from
driving, studying law and engineering, directly selling or buying property,
attending court (even when accused of murder), and showing their faces in
public."

<http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/10_min_marriage>
<http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/10_min_marriage> "Ten minute
marriages" (Agence France Presse, June 20, 1998): "These are marriages in
name only, not least because men have theright to deny their
responsibilities for any children born of the temporary liaisons. This
controversial law allows Iranian men to fornicate, so long as they register
their intentions with a religious Sharia court where they fill out a form
specifying how long they intend to ``enjoy'' their partner. In many cases
the two sides agree to a ten-minute ``quickie'' in which they are able to
satisfy each other and still keep within the law. ``The enjoyment marriage
is nothing but a legal cover for prostitution,'' says Mahran Keys Doltchahi,
a professor at Iran's Free University. ``How can anyone in the world claim
that a marriage for ten minutes is a legal act. ... ``My temporary husbands
have included one ayatollah, 21 senior clergymen, five famous merchants, a
few hundred university students and the head of a hospital in the holy city
of Qom.''The hypocrisy of the clergy was highlighted last year when the
former government prosecutor, Hojatulislam Mohammedi, was asked if he
approved of enjoyment marriages. Mohammedi said he fully supported the
concept because it prevented young people from sinning."


<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1219601.cms?headline=One%7Em
inor%7Egirl,%7Emany%7EArabs%7E>
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1219601.cms?headline=One%7Em
inor%7Egirl,%7Emany%7EArabs%7E> One minor girl, many Arabs (Mohammed
Wajihuddin, The Times of India, Sep 4, 2005): "They are old predators with
new vigour. Often bearded, invariably in flowing robes and expensive
turbans. The rich, middle-aged Arabs increasingly stalk the deprived streets
of Hyderabad like medieval monarchs would stalk their harems in days that we
wrongly think are history. These Viagra enabled Arabs are perpetrating a
blatant crime under the veneer of nikaah, the Islamic rules of marriage.
Misusing the sanctioned provision which allows a Muslim man to have four
wives at a time, many old Arabs are not just marrying minors in Hyderabad,
but marrying more than one minor in a single sitting. ... The broker
procured Farheen Sultana and Hina Sultana, aged between thirteen and
fifteen, for twenty thousand rupees. Then he hired Qazi Mohammed Abdul
Waheed Qureshi to solemnise the marriage. The Qazi [MEI comment: an Islamic
judge, usually spelled qadi in English], taking advantage of an Islamic
provision, married the girls off to the Arab. After the wedding night with
the girls, the Arab left at dawn."


<http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&ci
d=1085629658052&p=1006953079897> Eye of the Storm: Arabia's deficit of hope
(Paris-based Iranian journalist Amir Taheri, JP, May 28, 2004): "Sitting
behind the desk is a person dressed all in black with a veil covering the
entire face. The attire is more dramatic than the burqaa imposed on Afghan
women by the Taliban until the country was liberated more than two years
ago. The burqaa allowed for a lace-like veil that included some holes for
the eyes to see and the nose to breathe. This one, however, is total. When
we ask a question, the person behind the desk answers in a voice that sounds
like the Daleks, a robot-like voice twisted to become unrecognizable. A
guide explains that the person behind the desk is, in fact, a woman, and
that she changes her voice in accordance with an "Islamic" rule that insists
that a woman's real voice should not be heard by any man who is not her
grandfather, father, brother, son, or husband."

<http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE180092001>
<http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE180092001> Lebanon: Torture and
ill-treatment of women in pre-trial detention: a culture of acquiescence
(Amnesty International, Aug 22, 2001): "Widespread torture or other
ill-treatment of women detainees, especially those accused of major criminal
offences, takes place in police stations. Women in pre-trial detention are
routinely held in incommunicado detention and coerced to confess guilt or
testify against themselves at a time when they lack the protection of the
law. Women accused of political offences have also been tortured or
ill-treated. Another vulnerable category of women are migrant workers, who
have frequently been subjected to torture and ill-treatment in detention."

<http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE230572000> SAUDI ARABIA: GROSS
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN (Amnesty International, Sep 27, 2000):
"Discrimination against women impacts upon and compounds the wide range of
human rights violations commonly reported in Saudi Arabia. These violations,
which have been described in detail in two recent Amnesty International
reports on Saudi Arabia, A Justice System Without Justice and A Secret State
of Suffering1, include arbitrary arrest and detention as facilitated by the
wide-ranging powers enjoyed by the arresting authorities; vague written and
unwritten laws; secret and grossly unfair trials; torture and cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment; and the use of the death penalty."

<http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/menasurvey/> Women's Rights in the
Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice (Freedom House Survey,
May 20, 2005):
"Country Ratings for Saudi Arabia
Nondiscrimination and Access to Justice: 1.2
Autonomy, Security, and Freedom of the Person: 1.1
Economic Rights and Equal Opportunity: 1.4
Political Rights and Civic Voice: 1.0
Social and Cultural Rights: 1.6
(Scale of 1 to 5: 1 represents the lowest and 5 the highest level of freedom
women have to exercise their rights)"

<http://www.iabolish.com/today/background/sudan.htm>
<http://www.iabolish.com/today/background/sudan.htm> Women and Children as
the Spoils of "Holy War" (iAbolish - The Anti-Slavery Portal, Jul 9, 2004):
"Amidst Sudan's on-going civil war, Arab militias armed by the Sudanese
government raid black African villages and abduct civilians as chattel
slaves."

<http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/sudanupdate.htm> Slavery and Slave
Redemption in the Sudan (Human Rights Watch, March 2002):
"... government-backed and armed militia of the Baggara tribes raid to
capture children and women who are then held in conditions of slavery in
western Sudan and elsewhere. They are forced to work for free in homes and
in fields, punished when they refuse, and abused physically and sometimes
sexually. Raids are directed mostly at the civilian Dinka population of the
southern region of Bahr El Ghazal. The government arms and sanctions the
practice of slavery ..."

<http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11791>
<http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11791> Sex Slave
Jihad, Donna M. Hughes, FrontPageMagazine, Jan 27, 2004): "The head of
Iran's Interpol bureau believes that the sex slave trade is one of the most
profitable activities in Iran today. This criminal trade is not conducted
outside the knowledge and participation of the ruling fundamentalists.
Government officials themselves are involved in buying, selling, and
sexually abusing women and girls. ... For example, following the recent
earthquake in Bam, orphaned girls have been kidnapped and taken to a known
slave market in Tehran where Iranian and foreign traders meet. ... Popular
destinations for victims of the slave trade are the Arab countries in the
Persian Gulf. According to the head of the Tehran province judiciary,
traffickers target girls between 13 and 17, although there are reports of
some girls as young as 8 and 10, to send to Arab countries."


<http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/db942872b9eae454852560f6005a76fb/d91c90a30
4f06ea4052564e60048c213!OpenDocument> F
<http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/db942872b9eae454852560f6005a76fb/d91c90a30
4f06ea4052564e60048c213!OpenDocument> rom Article XXII of the Israel-PLO
Accord (the "Oslo II" agreement) signed Sept. 28, 1995:
1. Israel and the [Palestinian] Council shall seek to foster mutual
understanding and tolerance and shall accordingly abstain from incitement,
including hostile propaganda, against each other and, without derogating
from the principle of freedom of _expression, shall take legal measures to
prevent such incitement by any organizations, groups or individuals within
their jurisdiction.

2. Israel and the [Palestinian] Council will ensure that their respective
educational systems contribute to the peace between the Israeli and
Palestinian peoples and to peace in the entire region, and will refrain from
the introduction of any motifs that could adversely affect the process of
reconciliation.



<http://www.acpr.org.il/publications/policy-papers/pp139-xs.html>
PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE THROES OF ISLAMIKAZE TERRORISM
(Raphael Israeli): "The world often views Islam as a seventh century
anachronism. But the truth is the Islamic world is playing and winning a
sophisticated game of media manipulation in which powerful and wealthy
police states and anti-democratic political movements are more often
portrayed and perceived - at least in the context of the Arab-Jewish
conflict - as victims rather than threatening oppressors. This paper will
contrast what Islamic leaders say about their intentions for the state of
Israel in English while western television cameras are rolling and what they
say to their own constituents in Arabic."


<http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=12055&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION
=201.html>
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7068&Cr=girls&Cr1=education>
Education in the Arab States: Five million girls still denied access to
school (UNESCO, May 14, 2003)

<http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/jihadkids2.wmv>
<http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/jihadkids2.wmv> Muslim children play at
beheading
Click on either image to view video (Laura Mansfield, NEI, Jun 23, 2004):
"A video located today on Sheik Abu Hamza's website, www.shareeah.org,
features four children ... The film clip ends with the pretend beheading of
the kneeling child."

<http://www.pmw.org.il/images/childabuse.pps>
<http://www.pmw.org.il/images/childabuse.pps> The Ultimate Child Abuse
(Downloadable presentation - Palestinian Media Watch) (PPS, 328 KB)

<http://www.pmw.org.il/new/tv%20part1.html>
<http://www.pmw.org.il/new/tv%20part1.html> Palestinian Authority
Indoctrination of Children to Seek Heroic Death for Allah - Shahada (PMW,
May 23, 2004)

<http://www.pmw.org.il/new/tv%20part3.html> Children are Combatants in
Palestinian Authority ideology (PMW, May 23, 2004): clips and music videos
for children, promoting violence as an ideal that is expected of them,
broadcasted daily on Palestinian Authority TV, often for several hours a day

<http://www.opsick.com/> <http://www.opsick.com/> Stop Inciting Children
to Kill (SICK)

















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