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India: Female Muslim leader says women in tight clothes “pollute the environment,” provoke rape

Atiya Siddiqua is working from the assumption that it is a woman’s responsibility to make sure a man is not tempted, and her fault if he is. This is the assumption behind honor killing and the punishment of rape victims, which is all too common in some Muslim countries.President of the women wing of Jamat-e-Islami… Continue reading India: Female Muslim leader says women in tight clothes “pollute the environment,” provoke rape