June 10,2008:
While al Qaeda is generally not
considered "woman friendly," the male-dominated terrorist organization has,
unwittingly, created a growing number of Islamic radical feminists who demand
to be allowed to join the fight. There
has been an increase in women volunteering to be suicide bombers (nearly two
dozen in the last five years). But many more women want to be involved in all
aspects of planning and carrying out Islamic terrorist violence. On the
Internet, you can find messages from these female terrorist wannabes, citing
verses from the Koran, and snippets of Islamic history, to justify their right
to participate in the killing. In areas where many suicide bombers are recruited,
mothers are encouraged to enthusiastically give up their sons for the cause.
Some moms really get into it, others just go along, fearful of retribution if
they display any reluctance to seeing their kids blown up. Feminism, Islamic
style.