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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen it comes to Saudi Arabia "the rights of women always come last."
The truth about Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism.
The United States still buys millions of barrels of oil from Saudi and sells them billions of dollars of military equipment.
For the U.S. it is clearly about money for the one percent and the political elite ... Democrats and Repuglicans.
Things won't get better in the Middle East or the west's relationship with Islam until we do politically what Sweden's foreign minister has done.
Swedens feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
Nick Cohen - The Spectator
The backlash followed the pattern set by Rushdie, the Danish cartoons and Hebdo. Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador and stopped issuing visas to Swedish businessmen. The United Arab Emirates joined it. The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, which represents 56 Muslim-majority states, accused Sweden of failing to respect the worlds rich and varied ethical standards standards so rich and varied, apparently, they include the flogging of bloggers and encouragement of paedophiles. Meanwhile, the Gulf Co-operation Council condemned her unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and I wouldnt bet against anti-Swedish riots following soon. ...
It is a sign of how upside-down modern politics has become that one assumes that a politician who defends freedom of speech and womens rights in the Arab world must be some kind of muscular liberal, or neocon, or perhaps a supporter of one of Scandinavias new populist right-wing parties whose commitment to human rights is merely a cover for anti-Muslim hatred. But Margot Wallström is that modern rarity: a left-wing politician who goes where her principles take her.
PyaarRevolution
(814 posts)If I met you I would shake your hand. Finally someone actually in politics calls them on being backwards and misogynists. They do this to women because they fear them, the power of a strong and intelligent woman.
I hope the Swedish government stands behind her.