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December 15, 2005
US: Feminist Gloria Steinem Takes Shot at Islam
Well done I say. If feminists wish to remain faithful to their principles they should reject Islam: Steinem swings at Hef & hits Islam
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem didn't make any friends in the American Muslim community yesterday with her attack on aging swinger Hugh Hefner in The New York Observer."I think Gloria Steinem should know better," said Edina Lekovic of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, after Steinem claimed Hef's multi-girlfriend lifestyle is "Moslem."
"Her most glaring error is that having girlfriends outside of marriage is hardly encouraged by Islam, and secondly, polygamy is practiced by less than 2% of the global Muslim population."
Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, agreed.
"Any time an opinion leader uses a reference to Islam as a pejorative, we would have concerns about that," Hooper told me. "Muslims are getting tired of references to their beliefs or practices - or alleged beliefs or practices - as a way of digging at other people."
Notice how Ibrahim "Islam should rule America" Hooper does not address the truth of Steinem's statements. He operates in the realm of political smears, not in the realm of truth.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at December 15, 2005 9:09 AM
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