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Anyone whose sole source of knowledge about Islam has been the Western media, “knows” that Islam “oppresses” women. The hijab or veil, is the symbol of such “oppression.” To “liberate” Muslim women from such “oppression” has been the cherished goal of media pundits, Western “experts” on Islam, and the feminists.

Such is the result of a fierce propaganda campaign that has been going on for a very long time. The attack has been so ferocious that the veil and all the aspects of Shariah (Islamic laws) dealing with women should have pulverized under its intense heat. Yet in the U.S., the Western Europe, Japan and Australia, it is the women who have been turning to Islam in record numbers. It was not supposed to happen! And when it does, the propaganda machinery does not acknowledge it. It just puts a little more pressure on the accelerator.

There is something to be said about the N.Y. Times or L.A. Times reporter who will travel half way around the world to interview a woman with a Muslim sounding name in, say, Pakistan to talk about the Shariah’s injustices to the women, while ignoring the muslim women in their own backyard who have experienced both worlds and love the Islamic one — hijab and all. The reporter travels not in search of truth, but only believability. For, the truth hurts; believability, on the other hand, is the foundation for building circulation and for propaganda.

Should not we listen to the woman who was raised and educated in the West, had first hand experience of the status of women in this society, then studied Islam and observed the life behind the veil, decided to cross the fence against all the propaganda about immediate doom, and has enjoyed life ever since? That woman does not exist in the propaganda world. She is never allowed to speak on the pages of “prestigious” publications. She has no rights! She is the one you should be listening to, to find the truth.

Other posts by Mohammad Yusha

• What is the West doing preaching love and respect for Women - II - November 7th, 2008
• What is the West doing preaching love and respect for Women? - November 6th, 2008
• A letter to the West - November 6th, 2008
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• Alcohol - A deadly poison - November 4th, 2008
• Jihad against Desires - November 4th, 2008
• Why do rich people commit suicide? - November 3rd, 2008
• Haram money and its destructive effects - November 2nd, 2008
• Deaths from eating and drinking competitions - November 1st, 2008
• Problems with Dieting - October 29th, 2008