▲ 638 ▼ Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum (www.amnesty.org) submitted 2 years ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh oh, let's appoint an atheist to the board of Islamic affairs! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Even then, I think an average atheist politician would handle Islamic affairs more fairly than an average Muslim politician would handle gender equality affairs, at least in most cases. There is no atheist book that the atheist has to follow. The Quran, on the other hand, has misogyny kind of built into it, sadly. Edit: I feel like I should add that this misogyny problem isn't unique to Islam. The Abrahamic religions all have outdated takes on gender equality. I would have the same negative feelings about a devout Christian politician being put in charge of gender equality. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Even then, I think an average atheist politician would handle Islamic affairs more fairly than an average Muslim politician would handle gender equality affairs, at least in most cases. There is no atheist book that the atheist has to follow. The Quran, on the other hand, has misogyny kind of built into it, sadly. Edit: I feel like I should add that this misogyny problem isn't unique to Islam. The Abrahamic religions all have outdated takes on gender equality. I would have the same negative feelings about a devout Christian politician being put in charge of gender equality. permalink fedilink source parent