Jihad Watch
According to the Egyptian website Youm 7,
Azza al-Jarf, a female Member of Parliament representing the Muslim
Brotherhood's "Freedom and Justice Party," is trying to abolish several
laws currently enjoyed by Egyptian women—including preventing them from
divorcing or even separating from their husbands, because "the man has
the authority and stewardship" (see Koran 4:34); mandating that fathers
must circumcise their daughters; and trying to get the Egyptian
educational system to ban the teaching of the English language—on the
grounds that it is an "infidel" tongue—while separating boys and girls
in classrooms and forcing girls to wear the hijab.
Ms. Jarf, of course, is not the first Muslim female in Egypt opposed to her own gender; earlier, another female politician
declared that "women are deficient in intelligence and religion," and
that, in agreement with Sharia law, they are banned from running for
presidency.
At any rate, repressive and discriminatory
laws, not to mention laws that mutilate the human body—such represent
the Muslim Brotherhood's idea of "Freedom and Justice," the telling name
of their political wing.
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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