Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says UN proposal on women will destroy the world

[The Straight Story]

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says UN proposal on women will destroy the world

The Muslim Brotherhood of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has greeted a UN proposal designed to reduce violence against women with unabashed horror.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the power behind President Mohamed Morsi, usually makes its more incendiary statements in Arabic only. But such was the movement's horror at a United Nations proposal to reduce violence against women that it issued a statement in English today complaining that "the complete disintegration of society" would result if the UN adopts a set of recommendations from its Commission on the Status of Women.

While I haven't read the document in question, judging from the Brothers' response, the UN thinks it would be useful to raise the age of marriage, decriminalize homosexuality, make contraceptives more readily available, and give unmarried mothers the same rights as married ones. The Brothers are not pleased:

"The document includes articles that contradict established principles of Islam, undermine Islamic ethics and destroy the family, the basic building block of society, according to the Egyptian Constitution," the movement wrote. "This declaration, if ratified, would lead to complete disintegration of society, and would certainly be the final step in the intellectual and cultural invasion of Muslim countries, eliminating the moral specificity that helps preserve cohesion of Islamic societies."

http://tinyurl.com/ayhhvo3

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1. Looks like the Muslim Brotherhood can get together with

the Religious Right in the US, Catholics and Protestant's alike.

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2. Ha!

The men of the Muslim Brotherhood is destroying the world very well on their own. They are so scared of women it's comical - unless, of course, you're a Muslim woman in that environment. Then it's not so funny.