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I completely agree. Its not fair, too right you are. Noone ought be treated that way. What im reffering to is that the religion itself ought not be exempt from the critisism it so rightly deserves for the afformentioned passages which are only a few excerpts of how little women are viewed in that culture/religion.

I know I've bagged feminism in the past, but here is a cause for where it is sorely needed. The problem is people are too afraid to comment on anything religious out of fear of ridicule or social taboo. If I need to be that voice of unpopular opinion id gladly do it, even if in the name of feminism.

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TL ; DListen: Don't lump 1 billion+ people into your imagined bogey man.

My opinion on that issue: I like to wear underwear to keep my dangly bits less dangly. Particular Muslim women like to wear particular items of clothing. Provided everyone is free to choose their religion or lack thereof, no one is being opressed by wearing a particular piece of clothing.

My opinion on that video: Beautiful. Imagine if instead of Australia in 2014 and Muslims, it was 1930s Germany and Jews. I'm glad that we as a species have come far enough to respect difference so openly.

Also: Rowan, before you go cherry-picking verses from the Quran, I hope you also understand what the Hadith are, the general process of Islamic scholarship, etc. Fact: culture is far more of a determinant of the treatment of women than is Islam in Muslim-majority countries. Turkey has had multiple female heads of state, for example. Lumping together women from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia is absurd.