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To "Saviour"

I am a Muslim woman and am stunned at the ignorance I see in your post. I will deal with each point:

1. Women are allowed to divorce in Islam, as a matter of fact we are the first religion that allowed it. I knwo many Muslim women who've divorced and they were never "tortured" or "cornered."' Hyperbole anyone? Remind me again...what is the Catholic (argueably the first official Christian sect) ruling on divorce? Even in the case of abuse?

2. In Islam women are entitled to inheritance...her husband cannot access that inheritance, it is her's to do with as she pleases. As a matter of fact if she has a job whatever profit she receives her husband has no rights to.

3. It is actually forbidden for a Muslim to be "blindly" matched. There is a strong hadith that states the intended bride and groom must see each other before agreeing to marriage, so I have no idea where you got that "fact" from about the wedding night.

4. Where did you even get this fact from? Widows are very respected in Islam and it is our obligation to see she receives care and enfolded into our families.

Jihad means "struggle" There are two types of Jihad..the Greater Jihad and the Lesser Jihad. The Greater jihad is the one each person fights within him/herself everyday against sin. The lesser jihad is when someone is invading your country and home and killing you, then you can defend yourself with deadly force if necesary.

As far as the Taliban goes...they did many things that were forbidden such as forbidding girls to go to school after age seven. The Taliban no more represent Islam than the Crusades represent the teachings of the Christianity from the New Testament. The problem lies in people claiming to be Muslims and committing acts contradictory to the Quran. I am sure that Chrisitians have the same problem.....don't see Bush exactly "turning the other cheek."

I for one hope you are not banned because of anything you can give us a chance to eradicate the ignorant stereotypes you type with pure truth.

~Sarah