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When I read about the women who, just a few years ago were able to chat and laugh in public, wear whatever they want, go to school, college, work and are now beaten/jailed/stoned/murdered for these things?

I think this ‘provocative’ comment has forgotten the human element in this.

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I believe that is his point. You (and most of us here) might think that this behavior is bad... But those people believe it is right. Who makes the decisions about what is right and what is wrong? There are Muslim women right now that march in Britain in the name of Sharia. Surely they should want more freedom and rights, and yet there they are, dressed in all black garb marching for their "oppressors"

They do so because they believe it is right.

> There are Muslim women right now that march in Britain in the name of Sharia

This gets so overblown especially by people who benefit from this idea being spread, while the truth is that the amount of people who actually do want Sharia is very low and the amount of people who are actually "marching" to get it implemented is even lower.

And? Those women believe that it's the right thing to do. That's my point.

Well then let them do it. The more interesting part is the "forcing others to do it" or "being forced by others to do it". The individual should be able to make this decision. But we both know thats not how it works.

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