[Assam] Would the ‘Born Muslim’ Assamese take note and act for an egalitarian society discarding Mullah doctrine, as, they seem to have hardly any clue what Islam (Arabic meaning Total Submission) REALLY is.

[Bartta Bistar]

Let's build an international secular movement!- The Civilized world needs it



"Viewpoints"

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Monday February 19 2007 16:42:29 PM BDT


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Azar Majedi <Majedi.azar at gmail.com>



The main enemy of women's liberation movement in Iran and the Middle East is
political Islam and we must fight it, push it back and create a secular
society as a precondition for materializing women's liberation. Religion
must be a private matter.

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I am very pleased to be part of this movement. Coming from the Middle East,
living under the Islamic Republic in Iran, one of the most brutal regimes of
the 20th century, I feel very passionate about the aims of this movement. As
a first hand victim of political Islam, as a woman who has lived under the
rule of Islam, I have experienced first hand the brutalism and suppression
of an Islamic regime and political Islam. As a left activist fighting for
freedom and equality I experienced this brutal regime and this reactionary
political force, loosing many friends and comrades.

I have devoted my life to fight for a better world, a free and egalitarian
society, where there exists unconditional freedom of expression and
criticism, unconditional freedom for women and equality among all human
beings, regardless of their gender, nationality, ethnicity, race, religion
or beliefs.

Religion is not only an oppressive institution, suppressing freedom of
thought, speech and criticism and oppressing women. It is also the machinery
for terrorizing societies. In the history of mankind, more people have died
under the name of the God, than any other ideology or cause. In fact
religion is a mafia-liken institution.

As it regards women, all religions are very oppressive and Islam
particularly is well-known for its oppressive nature towards women.

The main enemy of women's liberation movement in Iran and the Middle East is
political Islam and we must fight it, push it back and create a secular
society as a precondition for materializing women's liberation. Religion
must be a private matter. We have to push the institution of religion to the
margins of society, curtail its role and influence in society. This is a
precondition for creating a free society.

Political Islam as a reactionary global force resorts to intimidation and
terrorism to gain power. Depriving, degrading and humiliating women are
enshrined in its ideology. The veil is its political banner and gender
apartheid a pillar of its movement. We have to fight against it.

As the world is increasingly becoming a global entity, we need more than
ever to build an international movement. We need to build a movement around
humanitarian and egalitarian values and goals. It is not enough to safeguard
Europe from religious institutions and political Islam. As a matter of fact
it is no longer possible. We need to reach the whole world. Our fight must
be on an international scale.

The two greatest evils in today's world are the two poles of terrorism:
state terrorism, led by the USA and Islamist terrorism. We must fight
against both. They reinforce each other. Look at Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon,
as well as September 11th, and Madrid, and London. We need to raise the
banner against both and come together as the voice of the civilized world.

As president of the Organisation for Women's Liberation, I like to call upon
you all to support our struggle for achieving women's equality and
liberation in Iran. To do this we need to fight against the Islamic Republic
and political Islam. Realising women's liberation in Iran will open the
window to freedom for women in the whole Middle East and countries under the
rule of Islam. The women's liberation movement is one of the main pillars of
the movement against political Islam and for a free, egalitarian and secular
world. If we topple the Islamic Republic in Iran, political Islam will be
marginalized internationally.

I ask for your support and solidarity. Join us in our fight against Islamic
Republic, against political Islam and for women's equality. We are building
an international movement against gender apartheid, like the movement
against racial apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s. Join this movement to
recognise gender apartheid as an inhuman and reactionary system as racial
apartheid was recognized. We should dismantle gender apartheid in the world
as we once dismantled racial apartheid in South Africa.

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