UN: don't talk about women's opression in Islamic countries.

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David G. Littman, representing the World Union for Progressive Judaism, condemned the oppression of women in the Islamic world in a forceful speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council last month.

The president of the UNHRC, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, from Thailand, was, however, less than impressed:

"Can I remind the speaker that, you know, we're here to discuss human rights issues and when we raise issues of religion I think we have to do so with sensitivity and understanding... sensitivity... I hope that the speaker will be mindful of this when he takes the floor next time."

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011/07/women-oppressed-under-islam-show-some.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC24pEfviO4&feature=player_embedded

Video 5:36

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Man murders his 6 daughters for honor

A man gunned down six of his daughters on suspicion that two of them were in relationships with boys in the neighbourhood.

On Tuesday morning, Arif Mubashir called his teenage daughters to his room and shot them while the rest of the family, including their mother, watched. His wife Musarrat called the police after the incident.

Mubashir shot the girls after their brother said two of them were in a relationship. He told police officials that he had killed his daughters because they were both “without honour”. The man said his daughters Sameena, 14, and Razia, 16, were in a relationship with college boys from the neighbourhood and the sisters had helped each other. “I should have been told immediately but the girls sided with each other. They were both corrupt,” Mubashir told Tandlianwala Police Inspector Javed Sial.

Police officials have taken Mubashir into custody and filed a case against him. “He does not regret what he did. He boasted that he would do it all over again if he had to,” Sial told reporters.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/218250/honour-killings-man-guns-down-six-daughters/#.TjASCOmTs8k.email