According to new research, Islam just might contradict breastfeeding and knowing how repressive it is to women, it shouldn’t come as any shock. In many, if not most, Islamic nations, women have to be covered from head to toe — forget about even showing a toe — you’d get your ear cut off! Do you really think the sensitive, oh-so-in-touch-with-their-feminine-side-brotherhood would be down with chicks doing that in public?? When are people ever gonna learn?? The Islamic society represses and suppresses women. Women are as good as dirt in much of the middle east (and Islamic nations). This is one of the reasons I find it so deplorable that anybody would try to find reason within their totalitarian regimes and/or try to justify their motives.

I do find it super-duper ironic however, that the breastfeeding advocates who sponsored this study, are trying to use religion to influence women’s feeding choice. From the article, “Ulfat Shaikh, MD, MPH, and Omar Ahmed, MD, from the University of California Davis School of Medicine explain that the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an, recommends that mothers breastfeed their children for two years if possible and, in fact, states that every infant has the right to be breastfed. If a mother is unable to breastfeed, she and the father can decide together to have a wet nurse feed the child.”

Of course, the influence and propaganda of the non-secular, breastfeeding advocates in North America use the exact same religous diatribe dribble to convince and influence women to breastfeed? Do you not find that ironic?

I’m not saying that more Muslim women shouldn’t be breastfeeding or that they shouldn’t get the support they need, but given that the Qur’an states that every infant has the right to be breastfed and that’s what non-secular advocates try to push down our throats everyday, and both spawn their share of fanatism (not all, but a lot). I’m not Muslim and in my view, I think every infant has the right to be fed a nutritionally sound, safe, healthy and appropriate food, but that’s a very non-partisan point of view so it often gets poo-pooed or ignored.

The real problem here is not whether or not Islamic women breastfeed, it’s about the non-existant rights of the women of Islam. It’s a cultural barrier for women that they are generally believed to be inferior to men. Breastfeeding will come when women aren’t shot for flashing a leg or an arm. For me, it once again confirms that many breastfeeding advocates care more about forcing women to breastfeed than giving women basic, humanitarian support and equal right advocacy. Let’s start with trying to garner support for women to be able to show more than an eyeball and afforded the right to vote, work and speak out, instead of being forced to shame themselves in full-coverage and be without certain basic rights like saying, “No.” As controversial as it may be to actually say it, I believe breastfeeding is really the least of a woman’s problem’s in the middle east. It would be lovely if more women breastfed the world over, but would be even more lovely, is the ability for a woman to do so simply because she want to, and because she can.

From http://home.businesswire.com:

Islam and Breastfeeding: Religious and Cultural Traditions

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 8, 2006–Islamic religious beliefs and cultural practices in Muslim communities guide women’s breastfeeding decisions and are important factors in early infant care and feeding, according to a paper in the recent issue (Volume 1, Number 3) of Breastfeeding Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com) and the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. The paper is available free online at www.liebertpub.com/bfm.

Helping Muslim women adopt good infant feeding practices requires an understanding of the differences between the religious basis of breastfeeding and the cultural practices followed by some Muslims. Clinicians can help differentiate between religious beliefs and cultural norms to promote breastfeeding in Muslim communities. Read the rest…

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Apparently, the U.S. withholding monetary aid from the newly elected terrorist organization, Hamas, who has recently been elected by the Palestinian peoplen to run their government, is proving to bite the Palestinian people in the butt. Teachers have not been paid salaries for six months. What do you expect when the people’s voices represent the desire for death, destruction and violent hatred towards Jews and Christians. This tends to cause slight hostility in the world.

The strike is supposedly an act of pressure to unite the government and make Hamas concede to the fact that Israel can and does exist. So, the strike itself is a hopeful sign that some of the people want a more united government and one that doesn’t preach contempt and violence.

Personally, I don’t think Hamas gives a crap if the children are in school or not. They probably welcome ignorance and they certainly don’t care about children. As people willing to kill their own children in order to kill a few Jews or Christians, these aren’t exactly the kind of people that value the traditional wants and desires of humanity (peace and happiness). An uneducated population would only serve their purposes to brainwash and suppress the people even further. A hungry country becomes even more desperate, but what are we to do? We have given them a ton of aid in the past and it only benefited a few in dictatorial positions, to buy mansions and live the life of luxury. The people aren’t told that we have given them aid. There is no freedom of speech or freely flowing and accurate news. All the people know is their terrorist sponsored propaganda.

I guess you get the government you deserve…

Children Bear Brunt of Palestinian Standoff
Written by The Media Line Staff
Published Sunday, September 03, 2006

Most Palestinian children did not start the school year on Saturday as Palestinian teachers and government employees announced their largest strike since Hamas came to power in January.
 
Teachers and civil servants are striking because many have not received salaries in six months.
 
The strike is said to be spearheaded by supporters of Fatah in order to pressure Hamas into accepting a unity government and resolving the current political and financial crisis.
 
Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by Israel and the United States, came to power in the January legislative elections.
 
Most international aid money to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) was subsequently frozen. But Hamas has refused to fall into line with international demands, which include renouncing terrorism, recognizing Israel and acknowledging previously signed agreements with Israel.
 
P.A. Chairman Mahmoud ‘Abbas, who is also a senior Fatah member, hopes a unity government will force Hamas into recognizing Israel and help ease the embargo on the P.A.
 
The P.A. employs 165,000 workers, most of whom have not received proper salaries in six months.
 
The strike was a success as most teachers did not come to work in both the West Bank and in Gaza, Fatah officials said. Read the rest…

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