[NormsRevenge]

British author Salman Rushdie, seen here in July 2005, said the West had failed to grasp the extent to which Islamic extremism was rooted in men's fear of women's sexuality.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

[MAD-AS-HELL]

So what does he propose? That we sexually liberate Arab countries to end their suicidal ways? Maybe we need to drop dildos so that the men will get jealous and spend more time pleasing their wives/girlfriends than blowing themselves up.

[brwnsuga]

I wonder if female "circumcision" related to Islam's fear of women's sexuality?

[satchmodog9]

Apparently, Mr Rushdie likes to live his life running from machete wielding Arabs.

[VOA]

The author had a 2.8-million-dollar bounty placed on his head by
a Tehran-based foundation.

IIRC, while Rushdie is still alive and well...a number of publishers and
bookdealers around the world got killed as part of the "fatwah fever".

[ladyjane]

Salman, do you have a death wish?

[MinuteGal]

I have a picture of Salman running around the world without security protection.

Either he's dumber than we think, or he thinks we're dumber than we think.

(....got that?)

Leni

[elli1]

Wasn't this obvious?

[Ditter]

I figured out that Muslims had sexual problems quite a while ago just from reading FR and I'm not a psychologist.

[familyop]

Do squishy lefties think about much of anything other than sex?

[edweena]

I believe the concept of "lost honor" is the key here, rather than severe cases of Little Dickism (although I'm sure there's a lot of that going around too.)

I've never seen it explicitly stated, but I suspect that many Muslim men are more concerned that their wives and daughters be veiled, rather than that random Muslim females or Western women be veiled. If other men commit adultery in their hearts with "their" women, they have lost their honor, and must take revenge. The women are handiest and easiest to punish. Of course the whole society has to enforce the standards of modesty, or individual men won't be able to make "their" women toe the line and cover up their female identity. Thus the attacks on random women who dare to expose female faces or shapes.

I can only say, if I were a Muslim woman rather than an American, I'd be severely tempted to post naked pictures of myself (with the face obscured) on the internet, thereby cuckholding my assinine, dictatorial "husband" as many times as possible.

[kipita]

Rushdie, 58, said that much of the anger toward the West was provoked by that split on sexual issues.

Which explains the success of the West.

[Mr. Mojo]

.....his latest novel, "Shalimar the Clown", dealt with the deep anxiety felt among many Islamic men about female sexual freedom and lost honor.

Incoming fatwa!

[duckln]

PR Karen Hudges should get Rushie aboard. Seems that area may be a big part of the problem in Iraq and can be neutralized.

I wonder, just what is Karen's approach?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

When you follow a cult started by a pedophile, you get what you deserve.

[gleeaikin]

You will recall that one of the early acts in this past few years US terror activity was the release of Anthrax at a newspaper which killed at least one person. That building housed the tabloid "Globe".

A few weeks before that attack I read an article in the "Globe" explaining why Osama was so anti-American. One reason they said was that an American women he dated, deeply insulted his "manhood". At the time I remember thinking, oh boy, Osama isn't going to like this. Then a few weeks latter, poff, Anthrax.

Girls/woman, all I can say is let em down easy, be kind. You may start the next war if you don't.

[garbanzo]

"Instead, great importance is given to 'honor'. I consider that to be problematic. But of course it is underestimated how many Islamists consciously or unconsciously attempt to restore lost honor."

This is pretty much the key to understanding pretty much all of the problems of the Arab Mideast. Take the Arab-Israeli conflict - much of it stems from the "dishonor" of having Muslim lands ruled by "infidels".

[milemark]

Hey muzzies: You have no chance. Zero.

[Jackknife]

Sounds reasonable to me.....

[Jackknife]

Ping!