March 07, 2004

Islam, the "Far-Right"

I think the title says it all: "Iraqi women juggle freedom, 'moral duty'"
And if you weren't clear enough on what Islam is about:

It's my moral duty to stay in the house," Hassan says, describing the life of a traditional Shiite Muslim wife. "Going out and being seen outside the house is against tradition. People will criticize a woman who leaves her house. This will create trouble for a woman in the community and trouble with her husband.

In other news, I often wonder what the labels "far-right" and "moderate" mean when referring to foreign political movements. The NYT has some clues:

J�rg Haider, the far-right political leader, brought his party an unanticipated victory in his home province Sunday� In final results, the Freedom Party had 42.4 percent of the vote, and the Socialists 38 percent.
This implies that �moderate� actually means �socialist� and �far-right� is capitalist. Then the article continues:
Many blame Mr. Haider for the party's national demise. He has been notorious for past remarks that sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews, a visit with Saddam Hussein on the eve of the Iraq war and a friendship with Libya's leader, Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi.
So what does �far-right� really mean � �capitalist� or �national socialist?� I know that commie reporters think that the two are the same, but I hope that my readers will know better.
Written by David at March 7, 2004 09:56 PM | TrackBack
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