On This ‘Day Without a Woman,’ Don’t Leave Women Oppressed by Sharia Law Behind

Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  Nice calm article -- read the whole thing. 

Too many feminists in the West are reluctant to condemn cultural practices that clearly harm women.

The problems being protested against Wednesday—inequality,   vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity—are all too real for many disadvantaged women, but the legal protections for them are in place here in the United States. Women who are unfairly treated at work or discriminated against can stand up, speak out, protest in the streets, and take legal action...

Too many feminists in the West are reluctant to condemn cultural practices that clearly harm women—female genital mutilation, polygamy, child marriage, marital rape, and honor violence, particularly in non-Western societies. Women’s rights are universal, and such practices cannot be accepted.