Hypocrisy and Islamism go hand in hand

Submitted by Rajeev (United States), Dec 28, 2010 at 23:52

Dear Dr Pipes:

Though Islamism and hypocrisy go hand in hand, certain subtle signs of hypocrisy are easy to miss. Consider this case of assult on the Swedish male doctor involved in a child delivery. On the one hand, the pressure on women to wear Hijab, the directive for them to avoid driving, the need for them to be disciplined their husbands, and the possibility for them of having three other competitors in their own homes are all examples of how Islamic societies make it diffcult for Muslim women to follow demanding careers like medicine. But on the other hand, these same people who put arbitrary constraints on a woman's conduct, want that male doctors do not treat female patients. Put these two things together and it is easy to conclude that Islamist socities want infidels like Christians, Jews, Buddists and Hindus to train their women to become doctors so that they can treat Muslim women. If the society creates odds against Muslim women to become doctors, how does it expect that muslim women are not treated by male doctors? If male doctors cannot treat women patients and if women are less likely to become doctors, does it not follow that quality of health care for women will go down? But contradictions and hypocrisy does no harm to Islamists' arguments. Do they? If this argument appears far fetched to anyone all they need to do is to take an flight by the Emirates airlines. The hostesses in the Emirates airplanes are mostly non-muslims from non-Islamic nations. Being an airhostess is ok for an infidel woman but it is not ok for a muslim woman. Go figure.

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