Analyst's note:  Interesting discussion.  The Western world is coming aware that Islam is not the tolerant faith that some pretend it to be, and those who declare it liberates women are deluded or liars.  Women may well be the key to attacking radical Islam’s Achilles heel or never ending links to medievalism?  

A few days ago, we heard Newt Gingrich, speaking about the Ground Zero mosque, who said it was time to stop the double-standard when it comes to no Christian churches or synagogues being allowed in Saudi Arabia.  Newt also strongly suggested that it is time "... we elected a president with the experience, the knowledge, the mental toughness, and the historical perspective necessary to lead our country in time of war."

Using the same logic regarding the intolerence of Christianity in Saudi Arabia, it is also time to stop the double-standard when it comes to women in the Islamic society.  The proposal of this author is interesting.  By reading this article, you discover that I'm also not the only one who has noticed that Mr. Obama does not take Michell with him to the lands of sharia law.  It is just a guess on my part, but we are not likely to see Michelle Obama taking the lead on this issue.  She knows that to do so would make her a potential Islamist target on any foreign trips.

 

"[....]  the Achilles heel of radical Islam is almost certainly the long-smoldering desire of Muslim women to enjoy the same freedom of expression and the same realization of self-worth available to women in western cultures. 

 

In majority Islamic countries women are not allowed to vote, they can’t go out in public without being covered from head to toe and without their husband or another male member of the family, they’re not allowed to drive an automobile or work outside the home, and they’re not allowed to receive a meaningful education.   And if a woman brings dishonor to her family by being raped, committing adultery, consorting with infidels, or converting to Christianity or Judaism, she may even be subject to “honor killing,” i.e. put to death by the male members of her family.

 

[....] If it is true that the unfulfilled aspirations of Muslim women is the only real weakness of radical Islam, it may be that the only way we can ever hope to defeat them is by creating chaos within the Muslim family structure… between fathers and daughters, between sisters and brothers, and between husbands and wives… depriving Muslim men of their whipping dogs, their sex slaves, and their human doormats. If we can keep Abdul and Mahmoud occupied, worrying about restoring peace in their own bedrooms, they won’t be spending nearly as much time thinking of ways to send all of us infidels to our final reward. [....]