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Muslim Brotherhood says UN text on women's rights un-Islamic
The Indian Express ^ | Friday, March 15 2013 | Press Trust of India

Posted on 03/15/2013 4:13:55 PM PDT by Jyotishi

Cairo - Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood has slammed a proposed UN document on women's rights, saying it was un-Islamic and would subvert the entire society.

The ongoing session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York seeks to ratify a declaration euphemistically entitled 'End Violence against Women', the group said in a statement.

That title, however, is misleading and deceptive. The document includes articles that contradict established principles of Islam, undermine Islamic ethics and destroy the family, the basic building block of society, according to the Egyptian Constitution.

This declaration, if ratified, would lead to complete disintegration of society, and would certainly be the final step in the intellectual and cultural invasion of Muslim countries, eliminating the moral specificity that helps preserve cohesion of Islamic societies, the statement said.

It said imposing universal standards to fight violence against women are destructive tools meant to undermine the family as an important institution; they would subvert the entire society, and drag it to pre-Islamic ignorance.

The Muslim Brotherhood, from which President Mohammed Mursi belongs, asked the leaders of Islamic nations and their UN representatives to reject and condemn this document.

The Muslim Brotherhood also called on Al-Azhar (the highest seat of learning for Muslims) to take the lead, condemn this declaration, and state clearly the Islamic viewpoint with regard to all details of this document.

"Further, we urge all Islamic groups and associations to take a decisive stand on this document and similar declarations," the statement said.

"We call on women's organisations to commit to their religion and morals of their communities and the foundations of good social life and not be deceived with misleading calls to decadent modernisation and paths of subversive immorality," it said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; muslim; un; women

1 posted on 03/15/2013 4:13:55 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi
Yeah, tell that to these ladies...
2 posted on 03/15/2013 4:15:57 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Caipirabob

I think that was the point wasn’t it


3 posted on 03/15/2013 4:16:39 PM PDT by slumber1 (Don't taze me bro!)
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To: Jyotishi; EasySt
"Further, we urge all Islamic groups and associations to take a decisive stand on this document and similar declarations," the statement said.

Donnybrook: bigheadfred telling his wife she isn't going to get her way....

4 posted on 03/15/2013 4:17:29 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: slumber1; Caipirabob
and drag it to pre-Islamic ignorance

Historical obfuscation.

Everone KNOWS that it was the onslaught of ISLAMIC IGNORANCE THAT DESTROYED THE HALLMARKS OF ARABIC CIVILIZATION.

5 posted on 03/15/2013 4:29:33 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: Jyotishi
Cairo - Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood has slammed a proposed UN document on women's rights, saying it was un-Islamic and would subvert the entire society.


6 posted on 03/15/2013 4:54:28 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Caipirabob

Who gives a s**t?


7 posted on 03/15/2013 4:58:43 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Jyotishi
Their pal Hussein probably agrees.

Once called a female reporter “sweetie.”

That would have ended any Republican's career.

8 posted on 03/15/2013 5:25:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

Romney was negatively affected just by saying “binders”.


9 posted on 03/15/2013 5:33:29 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

I think it is un-Islamic, too.

Anything that is decent and civilized is un-Islamic.


10 posted on 03/15/2013 5:55:02 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Jyotishi

Liberals will give Islamics a pass on this too.....like on all the other stuff they attack Christians on.....but give muzzies a pass


11 posted on 03/15/2013 6:05:33 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (GOP = Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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Hmmm.... it gives me an idea: flood the UN with "amendments" or whatever they call them there at that nuthouse, with items designed to hamper, antagonize, or generally halt islamic ideas.

They try to get the UN to OK their fruitcake religion, to slip it under the door of all sovereign nations - let's do it them. This "women's rights" idea is a good start.

12 posted on 03/15/2013 6:21:41 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood has slammed a proposed UN document on women’s rights, saying it was un-Islamic

So?


13 posted on 03/15/2013 6:52:59 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Leveling the playing field for a Progressive is dragging everyone down to their level.)
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To: Jyotishi

bwahahahahahaha....... maybe some of the do gooders at the un will finally realize who the real enemy is


14 posted on 03/15/2013 7:44:33 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Jyotishi

Women being treated as anything other than chattel is un-Islamic.


15 posted on 03/15/2013 8:01:55 PM PDT by Trod Upon (The Second Amendment acknowledges our inherent right to revolt if tyrannized. It ain't about hunting)
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Where’s all the Democrats and Sandra Fluke protesting this blatant ‘War on Women”?


16 posted on 03/15/2013 8:45:43 PM PDT by petenmi
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