Als video is a sad and frightening thing. Attitudes similar to those of Islam towards women were once common in Western countries, but we have worked our way out of those degrading and restrictive times. Are we now to go backwards? When Westerners go to Islamic countries, they usually try not to offend the sensitivities of those countries and peoples, why can't this courtesy work in reverse? The problem is that the abuse of women in Islam is not simply a custom that can be put aside for the sake of courtesy, it is founded in religion, so compromise is not tolerated. Now the question is, how much of this are we going to put up with in our own countries? Islamic people are moving west to escape the horrible life created by the narrow minded religious beliefs of Islam. Instead of leaving those restrictive, punitive, and self-defeating styles of thought behind, they are forcing them onto their new environments.
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