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This weekend I finished listening to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Nomad. When I blogged about the book, I was still somewhere in the middle of it. I wrote, “I’m hoping that, by the end of the book, Hirsi Ali will suggest some strategies for separating the good guys from the bad.”
She did something better. Rather than laying out a checklist of “How to Spot the Militant Fundamentalist,” Ms. Hirsi Ali laid out an action plan for bringing about the end of misogyny, repression, and hatred among Muslim immigrants. And then she put her words into action.
In response to ongoing abuses of women’s rights in the name of fundamentalist Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and her supporters established the AHA Foundation in 2007 to help protect and defend the rights of women in the West against militant Islam.
Through education, outreach and the dissemination of knowledge, the Foundation aims to combat several types of crimes against women, including female genital mutilation, forced marriages, honor violence, and honor killings.
It turns out that honor killings, gender mutilation,forced marriages, and all kinds of medieval atrocities are taking place right here in North America. Unbelievable!
Long-time readers of this blog know that I spend a lot of time teaching people (mostly women) how to defend themselves against all kinds of threats–from thick-headed co-workers to deranged stalkers, and everything in between. I passionately believe that everyone (so long as they are not harming others) has a right to be safe. It therefore galls me to know that there are people propagating violence in the name of “clan honor” and religion right here in my country, in my state, and even–given the Somali population in my city–in my neighborhood.
Unfortunately, I don’t have any particular insight or access to the Islamic community. Because immigrant groups tend to be close-knit and keep to themselves, I don’t see what I can personally do to help prevent further acts of Stone Age barbarism. But that won’t stop me from doing something.
You read my last post about giving back, right? (Follow the link if you didn’t.) For the rest of this month–and for all of February–I am going to dedicate 20% of every dollar I earn to the AHA Foundation. I’ll tally everything up on 1 March, 2011, announce the total in a blog post, and send off the funds.
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Go ahead… You’re going to masturbate, anyway. (You know you are.) You might as well do it for a worthy cause.
Cheers,
JMB
P.S.–May I suggest starting with The Art of Blowjob? Camille Crimson, the site’s main attraction, might not be Muslim, but she certainly demonstrates the mind-blowing beauty of a woman enjoying herself on her own, erotic terms. (See my review of her site here.)
Jim Black
Jim Black is the driving force behind this blog. He's also a personal safety advocate who's been teaching martial arts and/or self-defense since 1997. (No, they're not the same, and you shouldn't ask Jim about the difference unless you're prepared for a long-winded lecture.)
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