Saudi Arabia is the most original Islamic world
... because there was never an European colony. This is rather not only a happy circumstance. Manal al-Sharif discovered this as the reason for the medieval morality in her dogmatic Islamic world. She writes in Saudiwoma's Webblog:
"Unlike the majority of our neighbors we were not colonized so we did not have a western law system imposed upon us. We had to start with the tools we had at the time; Arab tribal law and religion. Starting as we did from square one in the modern world makes for some interesting challenges. Condensing hundreds of years of evolvement of national law, civilian rights and freedom in a few decades. From that perspective, it is not hard to understand how we have come to have all these modern amenities and yet live a lifestyle that is reminiscent of medieval times."
Und sie kommt zu der Schlussfolgerung: "So much so that these factors have resulted in the creation of the only gender apartheid in todays world. As a Saudi woman, I understand all this, yet; somehow it does not alleviate my frustration at how my country’s history has such an impact on my day-to-day life."
Read also this Newsweek article.
Eine deutsche Übersetzung findet sich im stern heft 41/2011.
"Unlike the majority of our neighbors we were not colonized so we did not have a western law system imposed upon us. We had to start with the tools we had at the time; Arab tribal law and religion. Starting as we did from square one in the modern world makes for some interesting challenges. Condensing hundreds of years of evolvement of national law, civilian rights and freedom in a few decades. From that perspective, it is not hard to understand how we have come to have all these modern amenities and yet live a lifestyle that is reminiscent of medieval times."
Und sie kommt zu der Schlussfolgerung: "So much so that these factors have resulted in the creation of the only gender apartheid in todays world. As a Saudi woman, I understand all this, yet; somehow it does not alleviate my frustration at how my country’s history has such an impact on my day-to-day life."
Read also this Newsweek article.
Eine deutsche Übersetzung findet sich im stern heft 41/2011.
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