The Woman Who Went To the Front of the Mosque

The Washington Post ^ | June 5, 2005 | By Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post Staff Writer

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. It was two days after she appeared on "Nightline" talking about her fight to change her mosque that the death threats began. The first call came on her cell phone. The caller left a message, in Urdu: "If you want to stay alive, keep your mouth shut." Otherwise, he said, he would "slaughter" her, halal style, saying a prayer as he slid a knife across her throat. If she didn't shut up, he'd slaughter her mother and her father, too. Think before you speak, he said. I know where you live. I know where your parents live.

Then he called her parents' home 10 minutes later. Just to reinforce the message.

It's not a message that Asra Nomani, Muslim, unwed mother, former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and left-leaning feminist, is planning to heed (although she did contact the FBI and her local police).

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Will the National Association of Women, Gloria Steinem and other assorted faux feminists to take up their cudgels in support of this brave woman?

Why do I ask stupid questions?

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I think we need a "TROP Alert" on this thread.

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Nomani, Muslim, unwed mother, former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and left-leaning feminist

Ay Caramba!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You questions are a good reminder of who they really are. Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a fascist.

[lionheart 247365]

Islam; the religion of peace , right!!! ( sarcasm) .. .. ..

[muawiyah]

I'm surprised the Wash Post would publish this inasmuch as it portrays their friends in Islam as rather barbaric.

Must be a crack in the "All Soros All The Time" facade over there.

[Nathan Zachary]

This is why the "religion of peace" can never change. They kill anyone who tries to inject any sanity into it.

[brooklin]

I've got to ask... What is a Trop alert?

[cousair]

I love the added touch of "unwed mother"!!

[alrea]

Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a fascist.

Mix a facist with water. Create a massive uncontrollable federal bureaucracy.

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TROP= "The Religion of Peace". A sarcastic reference to Islam.

[gooleyman]

Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a fascist.

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I like it...Make it your tagline so all can see it.

[MJRitter]

Islam; the religion of peace , right!!! ( sarcasm) .. .. ..

Sure it is. Peace by killing or forcibly converting everyone on the planet.

[lilylangtree]

Where's NOW's voice of support when this left-leaning feminist needs it?

[brooklin]

Thanks.

[AmericanChef]

-Other women in the mosque he interviewed are also unhappy with the way the mosque is run, Safi says, but Nomani is far from finding a common front with them.-

Well, duh. They're probably being threatened by their own family members. Lovely people, muslims.

[Lazamataz]

It was two days after she appeared on "Nightline" talking about her fight to change her mosque that the death threats began. The first call came on her cell phone. The caller left a message, in Urdu: "If you want to stay alive, keep your mouth shut." Otherwise, he said, he would "slaughter" her, halal style, saying a prayer as he slid a knife across her throat. If she didn't shut up, he'd slaughter her mother and her father, too. Think before you speak, he said. I know where you live. I know where your parents live.

Islam is a disease that MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE PLANET.

[kabar]

I'm surprised the Wash Post would publish this inasmuch as it portrays their friends in Islam as rather barbaric. Must be a crack in the "All Soros All The Time" facade over there.

No, they had a choice between the "Religion of Peace" and the ideal, liberal woman, i.e., an "unwed mother, former Wall Street Journal reporter, author and left-leaning feminist." They went with the woman.