To Fix Islam, Start from the Inside, Empower Muslim Women Worldwide

To Fix Islam, Start from the Inside, Empower Muslim Women Worldwide

To Fix Islam, Start From the Inside

The best way to fight radicalism is to empower Muslim women worldwide.

By Irshad Manji,

Dec 31, 2008

Let the record show that human dignity can win. Ahmad Batebi is an Iranian democracy advocate who has faced certain execution more than once over the past decade. A 1999 photo of him—captured in the midst of a bloody protest—circulated worldwide on the cover of a Western magazine. The fallout apparently induced cold feet at the gallows. Batebi's execution was postponed long enough for him to flee to the United States, where he now lives. Western attention also advanced the recent case of a Saudi woman who was gang-raped, then threatened with jail for "dishonouring" her community. Late last year a media uproar amplified by U.S. broadcasters compelled King Abdullah to take the extraordinary step of pardoning her.

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