Legal Rape
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/10/newton.yemen.child.bride.cnn
I was surprised that CNN did not follow the trend of blaming this on Islam (like all other western news outlets that covered this story). The culture is to blame here for letting something like this happen. Yemen’s tribal population (mainly males) is addicted to Khat – a drug that induces excitement and euphoria. For that reason, I am not surprised that so many similar stories are coming out of Yemen. Stories like these have to be put in a cultural and social context to be understood and dealt with appropriately.
I bet Ayaan Hirsi Ali started babbling on and on about how evil Islam is when she heard of this story. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a racist fear-monger that has been a victim of CULTURAL abuse in Somalia. But instead of blaming it on the culture of Central Africa, she is blaming Islam and all 1.2 billion Moslems of the world. If this is not racism, I don’t know what is.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Wikipedia … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali …It’s ok to be racist when it comes to Islam … all the cool kids are doing it.
On a final note, Nujood Ali, the child in the video, is a wonderful character. I will be keeping an eye on her story (I have a feeling that it is not over). A girl with this amazing mentality can do so much if educated. But I am worried that her society will fail her again. Her courageous and confrontational spirit might be exactly what the women of Yemen need.
