{"id":3636,"date":"2011-12-29T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2011-12-29T16:36:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:36:11","slug":"world-religions-versus-the-blue-bra-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"World Religions versus the Blue Bra Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post<\/em> writer Sally Quinn looks at photos of Egyptian soldiers beating an abaya<\/em>-shrouded Muslim woman, and a light bulb goes on for her about major religions:<\/a><\/p>\n

Why would men, particularly under the guise of religious belief, want to keep women down? Because they understand that women\u2019s sexuality is something that they cannot live without, it is something that renders them powerless. Women can have babies, women can breastfeed, women are the lifegivers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds like much of the Pagan discourse beginning in the 1970s, if not earlier! Read more about her hoped-for “blue bra revolution<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In related news, Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority is nervous<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For decades Copts have suffered attacks by Islamists who view them as “kafir”\u2014Arabic for nonbelievers. But there is now a sense among Middle East experts that they have become more vulnerable since the revolution.<\/p>\n

This year, mobs have looted and attacked Coptic churches, homes and shops throughout Egypt. Churches have been burned down, and one Copt had his ear cut off by a Muslim cleric invoking Islamic law.<\/p>\n

Strong gains by Islamist parties in the recent elections have further raised fears among the Christian minority that they won’t have a place in the new Egypt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An acquaintance of mine is married to an Egyptian Christian woman. Her parents recently came for what he said is a month-long visit \u2014 I see them around town with their daughter now and then. I am starting to wonder if they actually plan to go home or to seek asylum. Maybe they are weighing their options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Post writer Sally Quinn looks at photos of Egyptian soldiers beating an abaya-shrouded Muslim woman, and a light bulb goes on for her about major religions: Why would men, particularly under the guise of religious belief, want to keep women down? 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