Queen Rania flat out lies in interview
By Ted Belman
I received a copy of this email from my associate Ali Alyami, who is the Executive Director, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
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To: Partners in Humanity for constructive & vibrant Muslim-Western relations—
Author Ezrinal Azis Said the following in her, “We must all reach out” piece in your newsletter
1–Queen Rania answered sympathetically, “The hijab is a choice — a woman wears hijab because she believes in it and she has the right to wear it, not because she is forced to.” This is absolutely a flat lie. In Saudi Arabia (the birth place of Islam and home to its holy shrines) if a woman does not wear Hijab, she incurs humiliation, interrogation, stigmatization and sometimes lashing and prison.
[Michelle Malkin covers the story of The murder of Aqsa Parvez in Toronto by her father for not wearing the hijab.]
2–The Westerners do not reject Islam because it’s Islam; they resent the faith because of what’s being done in its name and its Shariah laws; such as stoning, oppression of women and religious minorities, incitement and fatwas against noon-Muslims, endless supply of suicide bombers, chopping people’s heads and extremities and lack of tolerance for non-Muslims.
3–Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Muslim minorities’ shrines and Buddhist Statues are attacked, demolished and are not allowed in most Muslim societies. Instead of being defensive and defend what’s obviously wrong, we Muslims must think of revisiting the interpretation of the Quran, the Shariah law and the Hadith and see if Islam has been hijacked by extremists and dictators or is it inherently violent faith as many non-Muslims seem to say and think. This is our challenge and this is what we should think of doing and in my opinion, the sooner the better.
Respectfully,
Ali H. Alyami, Ph. D.,
Keep up the good work Ali.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Queen Rania is a disgrace, who instead of using her position to speak out on behalf of oppressed and abused muslim women, is instead an apologist bitch for sharia and lies about the plight of women in the muslim world. With her looks and western way of dress, her purpose is to be used to present a facade of moderation and modernity of islam to the gullible western masses. Oprah Winfrey is among them, as she has nauseatingly fawned over Queen Rania.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
This so-called queen is just a piece of property like other Saudi women. If she didn’t lie, they’d cut her throat, give her 200 lashes, or whatever it is they currently do to chattels and disobedient domestic animals over there.
Laura wrote, “is instead an apologist bitch for sharia.” Actually, Queen Rania has fewer rights than a dog, female or otherwise, in the United States. Over here, someone who gave a disobedient dog 200 lashes would be arrested for animal cruelty. Michael Vick is going to do just short of 2 years for treating dogs the way Saudis treat women.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Queen Rania is just a ‘good Muslim’ employing the technique of taqiyya.
Dr.Alyami sounds like a very nice, knowledgeable and brave individual.
I praise him for speaking out while risking his own saftey and welfare - and possibly that of his family’s as well.
I must say, though, that Islam has not nor has ever been hijacked by anyone or any group or any institution.
Islamic scripture hijacks the minds of men.
Read and study the Qur’an, Sira and Sunnah.
Why anyone who can think clearly - and decipher the truth from fiction - would want to remain a Muslim and look upon Muhammad as a righteous man is beyond me.
There is no such thing as ‘Islam light.’
Islam cannot be changed or morphed into a more “pleasant” religion.
Moderate Islam and moderate Muslims do not truly exist.
Either a Muslim is pious - and follows the tenets of Islamic scripture and views Muhammad as the ‘perfect’ man (and wishes to be a disciple of his) - or he is not.
If he is not, he is considered a “hypocrite.”
This is not my opinion.
This is a Qur’anic principle.
Has Dr. Alyami - if he is still a Muslim - ever thought of becoming an apostate? (even if he does so surreptioulsy?).
Jeff