American Feminists-Recommended Reading-BURNED ALIVE

I highly suggest that everybody, especially the so-called feminists in the United States, to read this book. It is called BURNED ALIVE, a Victim of the Law of Men, by SOUAD.


It is the true story of a young girl who is raised under Islamic Sharia Law and what is known as "The Law of Men". Under these laws women have absolutely no rights at all, and their value is believed to be of less than that farm livestock. In fact, her father would tell her that a "cow is more valuable than a woman, because what could you get for a woman?"

She falls in love with a man in her village. The man knows of the feelings of the young girl towards him and one day seduces her as she was attending to the livestock. The man told her that he loved her and gave the impression that he would marry her. However, that was not to be and Souad later discovers that she has been impregnated by this man.

In this culture a young girl who becomes pregnant out of wedlock brings great dishonor to her family. When it is discovered by the men in the family of her pregnancy, one of them was placed in charge of bringing back that family honor. Souad was then targeted with the practice of "honor killing."

The way it was done to her is that the chosen male family member came to her house when she was alone. When her back was turned he then poured petrol all over her and then set her alight. She ran from her yard and onto the street where the other women managed to put out the flames.

Souad survived the attack. However, she spent weeks in a "hospital room" with her chin literally welded to her chest. She received no medical attention whatsoever, reason being that she was sent to this hospital "room" to die, because the "doctors and nurses" of this hospital believed in the practice of honor killing. While she lay in her "bed", Souad gave birth to her son.

An Israeli woman hears of Soaud's plight and negotiates to have her released to her as well as her son. The Israeli woman succeeds and has Soaud taken to a hospital in Israel, where afterwards, when she is strong enough to, has her taken to a European country where she still hides to this day.

Every time you pick up this book you'll find that you cannot help but to stare into the eyes of her masked face. Her face was not disfigured in the fire, she wears the mask to hide her identity, because she still fears for her life today. Her family is still dishonored because she did not die, and they are still sworn to finish what they started with her; and she knows that they will travel anywhere to finish what they started.

I challenge any American woman who considers herself a "feminist" to read this book. Afterwards, ask yourselves, "where do you stand on REAL issues that concern women? Not in this country, but worldwide?" After reading Soaud's story can you see how the women's movement for women "rights" in this country will seem trivial?

Where are the feminists and their organizations in America when it comes to women's rights around the world. In countries and cultures where women are not allowed to drive; not allowed to travel alone unless they are with a male family member; not allowed to participate in elections; are not allowed to get an education; are not allowed to have a say on who they are to marry; not allowed to learn to read or write; and not allowed to testify in court against any man who has violated them?

How about in countries and cultures whose idea of divorce is to take the woman out into the front yard, tell her three times that you divorce her, then put a bullet in the back of her head? (Or even suffer the same fate as Souad).

Let's go to a more "modern" country, China. I know how the feminists feel about abortion, but how do they feel about state forced abortion like they do have in China, because in that country every family is only allowed to have one child. When a women becomes pregnant a second or third time, the state forces her to abort the child.

Where is Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinam, Jane Fonda, Patricia Ireland and the National Organization for Women on the violation of the human rights to women all over the world. Why so silent? What are they doing?

Oh, I can answer that, they have two priorities here in America for Women's Rights.

1. To have the right to get an abortion no matter what the reason and no matter how long in the pregnancy, and:

2. To make sure that some day women will be able to get memberships at the Augusta National Golf Club.