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Reader comment on item: Female Desire and Islamic Trauma
Submitted by J. Keen Holland (United States), May 25, 2004 at 09:52
This article has added some more context to comments I have read elsewhere about the sexual dimension of the Abu Ghraib scandal. On the other hand, it raises the question as to how at least a few women have been able to rise to positions of political leadership in such varied Islamic (although notably not Arab) countries as Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia.
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| Hadith condemns majority of women to hell and turns up a few go paradise. Some Muslims do not believe in hadith for this cause. [45 words] | zuma | Jul 14, 2017 04:19 | 239971 | ||
| double standards [73 words] | alpha | Jan 15, 2013 02:07 | 202609 | ||
| 13 | Arab world basically homosexual [264 words] | Jason | Nov 15, 2012 17:20 | 200654 | |
| 1 |  Jason needs to read some good news paper [58 words] | Prashant | Nov 16, 2012 01:09 | 200654 | |
| Take a good look at who is behind the extremism [232 words] | Jason | Nov 17, 2012 09:33 | 200654 | ||
| drawing of 2 arabic men on fig leaf [15 words] | Cory holmes | Sep 20, 2015 13:58 | 200654 | ||
| Part of it [14 words] | Nouri Obayda | Dec 2, 2016 20:03 | 200654 | ||
| How do they do it? [51 words] | salkey | May 4, 2012 07:14 | 195423 | ||
| 1 | Women today [102 words] | salkey | May 4, 2012 07:14 | 195422 | |
| 1 | is sex all one sided in islam? [45 words] | justin | Sep 4, 2010 04:25 | 177666 | |
| 1 | Interesting question, something that always gets Muslims uncomfortable [98 words] | Abdullah K. | Feb 1, 2011 23:41 | 177666 | |
| open minded [37 words] | rachna | Sep 4, 2010 04:11 | 177664 | ||
| Wow. [123 words] | Waseem | Jul 27, 2010 12:37 | 176101 | ||
| sharia compliant online sexshop El Asira [74 words] | myth | Apr 17, 2010 09:08 | 171394 | ||
| 1 | the koran and islamists culture mess up something as wonderful as sex. [158 words] | Phil Greend | Aug 26, 2009 21:43 | 160677 | |
| Good Muslims VS horrible things that some muslims do [286 words] | Sarah | Mar 6, 2010 07:44 | 160677 | ||
| sure [20 words] | John | Oct 5, 2014 08:10 | 160677 | ||
| Is it true? [159 words] | MS | Jul 21, 2009 10:14 | 159098 | ||
| Disgusting [93 words] | Abbi | Mar 8, 2009 14:55 | 151870 | ||
| we must Understand Islam [248 words] | shabir Ahmad | Jan 17, 2009 06:02 | 148260 | ||
| 2 | Misconception Of Power Of Women in Islam [179 words] | Shaikh Muhyiddin | Jul 31, 2008 04:40 | 135958 | |
| Shame [128 words] | Elaine | Oct 10, 2008 22:40 | 135958 | ||
| 1 | Islam have nothing to do Arab culture [91 words] | think please | Aug 20, 2009 08:18 | 135958 | |
| 1 | Respect for women in Islam is the highest lie [63 words] | avi | Aug 31, 2014 04:44 | 135958 | |
| Respect for women in Islam is the highest lie [64 words] | avi | Aug 31, 2014 05:47 | 135958 | ||
| Sure Islam is the best [45 words] | John | Oct 5, 2014 08:06 | 135958 | ||
| rethink your "thinking" [176 words] | Ahmad | Dec 9, 2014 21:36 | 135958 | ||
| 1 | Chalk up another "victory" for fundamentalist Muslim men [206 words] | jennifer solis | Dec 11, 2007 17:44 | 116030 | |
| My Daughter-islam [132 words] | Chris Hibbert | Jan 2, 2008 09:55 | 116030 | ||
| I happen to know for a fact that it is forbidden by Allah for any man to force his female mate to worship him [131 words] | Renee | Aug 5, 2006 09:57 | 51712 | ||
| 1 | Renee (United States), Aug 5, 2006 at 09:57 [73 words] | Gabrielle | Apr 27, 2008 05:24 | 51712 | |
| Again we agree! [331 words] | Anne | May 6, 2006 12:11 | 44955 | ||
| The truth of ISLAM [106 words] | Mashour | Feb 21, 2006 03:07 | 36667 | ||
| 3 | response [91 words] | Kevin M | Jul 3, 2006 18:19 | 36667 | |
| 2 | "...the last thing i would like to mention is that Islam is the religion of equality between men and women ... " [5 words] | Jim McDonald | Jul 4, 2006 12:26 | 36667 | |
| blames ..blames.. [211 words] | Marco | Dec 5, 2005 16:27 | 29458 | ||
| "Extreme Reactions to Abu Ghairab Torture?" [345 words] | Ms.J Gotchet/Kuwait | Jan 24, 2005 15:28 | 19831 | ||
| A different view [188 words] | Turthspeaker | Jul 10, 2008 13:21 | 19831 | ||
| 1 | QURAN & TORTURE - QURANIC TORTURE - ISLAMIC TORTURE [6547 words] | Mina | Mar 2, 2009 19:12 | 19831 | |
| Torture of prisoners is routine in Mideast [26 words] | James | May 24, 2011 14:27 | 19831 | ||
| Cruelty to animals [31 words] | geirgia | Feb 11, 2012 02:55 | 19831 | ||
| Most insightful [108 words] | Suzanne | Dec 21, 2004 01:23 | 19056 | ||
| I would like to disagree [295 words] | Nadia I. | Mar 21, 2008 12:22 | 19056 | ||
| 3 | Dont judge me but I will judge you. [78 words] | Sarah | Mar 6, 2010 12:21 | 19056 | |
| Insightful [59 words] | Fred | Oct 22, 2004 00:03 | 17846 | ||
| 4 | Understanding Islam [1601 words] | Reema Saffarini | Jun 28, 2004 07:11 | 15813 | |
| 1 | Response to female desire letter in Islamic world [129 words] | Donald | Jul 3, 2006 13:21 | 15813 | |
| look at the source [64 words] | irfan | Jul 3, 2006 16:56 | 15813 | ||
| 3 | For Reema: the enemy of Islam is the media? you are kidding me! [202 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 4, 2006 12:37 | 15813 | |
| "Living a Lie" response [111 words] | Donald | Jul 4, 2006 18:30 | 15813 | ||
| "Living a Lie" one more time [40 words] | Donald | Jul 4, 2006 19:03 | 15813 | ||
| To Donald [492 words] | Reema | Aug 7, 2006 09:01 | 15813 | ||
| 2 | No the media is not the enemy of Islam. And I am not kidding! [820 words] | Reema | Aug 7, 2006 09:11 | 15813 | |
| 2 | For Reema: al-tihara al-sunni, "my best friend is Christian" and other sordid matters!! [1075 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 7, 2006 19:54 | 15813 | |
| 2 | For Reema: Islam and polemics, and "one of my closest friend is a Christian" part two!! [979 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 8, 2006 07:45 | 15813 | |
| 1 | Well... [197 words] | Reema | Aug 9, 2006 01:36 | 15813 | |
| For Reema: I know that you meant well! [681 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 9, 2006 18:20 | 15813 | ||
| 1 | still fooled [133 words] | Donald | Aug 15, 2006 15:56 | 15813 | |
| 1 | TO DHIMMI NO MORE [338 words] | annonomus | Oct 22, 2006 18:39 | 15813 | |
| dhimmi you have no clue what you are talking bout [124 words] | annonomus | Oct 22, 2006 18:47 | 15813 | ||
| 1 | For Annomous: and yawn big time! [74 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2006 18:43 | 15813 | |
| 1 | For annonomus and Muslim fantasy! [35 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2006 18:48 | 15813 | |
| For annonomus: more fantasy and her little fatwa part deux! [46 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2006 19:00 | 15813 | ||
| For annonomous and is her Allah really really raouf? [112 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2006 19:07 | 15813 | ||
| 1 | gee dhimmi your idea of religon is so distorted [249 words] | annonomus | Oct 25, 2006 09:24 | 15813 | |
| I think i respect your comment dear a'hi [177 words] | TH | Dec 11, 2007 04:17 | 15813 | ||
| Female Desire and Islamic Trauma [103 words] | zerc | Mar 18, 2008 23:22 | 15813 | ||
| foreskin wasn't/isn't a problem [100 words] | Candide | Aug 5, 2008 09:57 | 15813 | ||
| 1 | Calm down, everyone [596 words] | Sadhbh | Apr 2, 2009 07:10 | 15813 | |
| 1 | how can we follow a person who gave these rules some hundreds or thousands years ago [101 words] | someone | Oct 2, 2009 11:48 | 15813 | |
| hey someone india [74 words] | christian india | Dec 8, 2009 06:06 | 15813 | ||
| Sex and Intimacy [246 words] | Hedley Robinson | Jun 5, 2004 19:38 | 15551 | ||
| 1 | superficial and unauthentic [431 words] | Michaeel Cohen M.D. Ph.D. | May 29, 2004 21:07 | 15419 | |
| 1 | Women in Islam [327 words] | Allyson Rowen Taylor | May 28, 2004 22:47 | 15405 |
| Some Muslims seem to explain it quite differently [257 words] | John Hadjisky | May 28, 2004 11:57 | 15400 | ||
| male dominated polygamy is the cause of the riff between Judeo/Christian and Muslim [264 words] | Tim Hof | May 28, 2004 05:19 | 15397 | ||
| Poligamy and the rich man [149 words] | Candide | Aug 5, 2008 10:26 | 15397 | ||
| Question [169 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Carrie Liles | May 27, 2004 10:44 | 15384 | ||
| Sex and Islam [230 words] | John Brownfield | May 27, 2004 09:20 | 15382 | ||
| if only [31 words] | irfan | Jul 3, 2006 17:05 | 15382 | ||
| to those who speak about muslim women [149 words] | Elham M. Helles | Nov 19, 2006 02:08 | 15382 | ||
| Where is the link? [103 words] | ivan evetovics | May 27, 2004 04:41 | 15379 | ||
| Where is the link? [103 words] | ivan evetovics | May 27, 2004 04:41 | 15378 | ||
| Absolutely Fascinating Article [21 words] | Avraham | May 26, 2004 21:25 | 15373 | ||
| Close But Here's The Real Deal [443 words] | Joseph Bentzel | May 26, 2004 18:28 | 15372 | ||
| "Sexual apprehensions" - I'll say! [204 words] | Denis Goli | May 26, 2004 11:15 | 15370 | ||
| Female Desire [199 words] | Jill Neily | May 26, 2004 11:04 | 15369 | ||
| Thank you for this article [130 words] | Marie-Amelie Dupont-Beart | May 25, 2004 22:30 | 15361 | ||
| Please... [143 words] | Nasiruddeen Ahmad Tariq | May 25, 2004 21:13 | 15360 | ||
| You please [240 words] | Anne | May 4, 2006 20:10 | 15360 | ||
| The Actions of Others [380 words] | Nasiruddeen Ahmad Tariq | Dec 28, 2006 01:53 | 15360 | ||
| Please... [382 words] | Nasiruddeen Ahmad Tariq | Dec 28, 2006 18:25 | 15360 | ||
| 1 | Ahmad Tariq, we need some clarifications. [110 words] | Moshe | Dec 29, 2006 02:58 | 15360 | |
| Some Clarifications... [220 words] | Ahmad Tariq | Dec 30, 2006 08:31 | 15360 | ||
| Talk vs. Action and Facts [264 words] | Moshe | Jan 1, 2007 04:55 | 15360 | ||
| Study Islam [358 words] | Nasiruddeen Ahmad Tariq | Jan 2, 2007 01:18 | 15360 | ||
| 2 | Ahmad Tariq, I feel sorry for you! [375 words] | Moshe | Jan 3, 2007 05:39 | 15360 | |
| The Message [321 words] | Ahmad Tariq | Jan 3, 2007 22:31 | 15360 | ||
| the "pure" islam [140 words] | theasheba | Dec 11, 2007 04:45 | 15360 | ||
| Key Issue! [78 words] | George | May 25, 2004 16:22 | 15356 | ||
| Islam right and wrong at the same time. [104 words] | Lenn Chow | May 25, 2004 16:02 | 15355 | ||
| ho-hum and then some [250 words] | john w mcginley | May 25, 2004 14:10 | 15351 | ||
| Balance [66 words] | Estelle Nora Amrani | May 25, 2004 13:58 | 15350 | ||
| Further reading... [21 words] | Kirsten H | May 25, 2004 13:09 | 15345 | ||
| Women's sexuality being a threat is not proper to Islam [129 words] | Avi Elnekave | May 25, 2004 12:29 | 15342 | ||
| 1 | Hollywood's loose morals [76 words] | Ken Goldman | May 25, 2004 11:41 | 15341 | |
| Blame it on hollywood or blame it on religon [190 words] | Sarah | Mar 6, 2010 13:15 | 15341 | ||
| Even Susan Sontag Didn't Get It [44 words] | Jonathan Silverman | May 25, 2004 11:36 | 15340 | ||
| Fear of Women [26 words] | Chris Chrisman | May 25, 2004 11:08 | 15338 | ||
| The vile veil(ed) compulsion [86 words] | N.N. | May 25, 2004 10:18 | 15337 | ||
 Muslim women in politics [62 words] | J. Keen Holland | May 25, 2004 09:52 | 15335 | ||
| Girls gone wild [227 words] | David Mitchell | May 25, 2004 09:45 | 15334 | ||
| Islamic trauma [77 words] | Robert Abrams | May 25, 2004 08:55 | 15332 | ||
| Some Interesting Dots Which Need to be Connected [270 words] | Chris Chrisman | Dec 24, 2003 09:37 | 12837 | ||
| Dear Chris [394 words] | annonomus | Oct 22, 2006 18:10 | 12837 | ||
| For annonomous and reading the Qur'an! [23 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2006 20:13 | 12837 | ||
| yes..yes..you are right [138 words] | mahir | Sep 21, 2009 11:09 | 12837 | ||
| rules? [24 words] | justin | Sep 4, 2010 04:31 | 12837 | ||
| i have no idea [175 words] | mahir | Feb 24, 2011 14:25 | 12837 |
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