(New York Administrator) WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? Brandeis withdraws its honorary degree from Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an outspoken defender against female religious abuse, including female genital mutilation, rape, and honor killings. And it seems, once again, that CAIR is the culprit behind it . . . The slur on my reputation is not the worst aspect of this episode, asserted Hrsi Ali in a statement she issued today. More deplorable is that an institution set up on the basis of religious freedom [Brandeis University] should today so deeply betray its own founding principles. “I assumed that Brandeis intended to honor me for my work as a defender of the rights of women against abuses that are often religious in origin, she continued. For over a decade, I have spoken out against such practices as female genital mutilation, so-called ‘honor killings,’ and applications of Sharia Law that justify such forms of domestic abuse as wife beating or child beating. Part of my work has been to question the role of Islam in legitimizing such abhorrent practices.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:49:18 +0000
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