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Your cover story quoted European Muslims complaining about mistrust and discrimination [Feb. 11]. Mistrust is understandable: while most Muslims are not terrorists, most terrorists are Muslims. If moderate Muslims would condemn and speak out against terrorism, mistrust would vanish. Same for discrimination: Muslim women wearing head scarves are signaling, Look how different I am! Neither Protestants nor Catholics make such a show of their faith. If Muslim women chose to follow a less extremist interpretation of Koranic rules, they would no longer suffer from discrimination. Nicolas Gessner, PARIS...
...much the better if European Muslims are breaking through. However, their success should bring on a greater responsibility to inform Westerners of their ideals and encourage their fellow Muslims to advance. Too often, the moderate Muslim voice is not heard. European Muslims should more openly condemn the oppression of women and the use of terrorism in the name of Allah. Margaret Pauquet, PARIS...
...Qatar, Peer will be one of the few players on the women's circuit who speaks some words of Arabic, which she studied briefly in school. Religious prejudices are never an issue for her; in previous years, she teamed up in doubles with Sania Mirza, a Muslim from India. There was little complaint in Israel, but in India, extremist Muslim clerics were outraged at Mirza...
...alternative lifestyles—without which individual consent is meaningless. Genuine consent requires that women not be implicitly swayed by social norms: They must be free to accept or reject a given practice without harsh social repercussions. But in Turkey, a country with a population that is 99 percent Muslim, the immense societal pressure to be a devout and practicing Muslim goes beyond mere “peer pressure” to deeply influence the range of lifestyles women can conceive for themselves; moreover, once the practice wearing a headscarf becomes “normalized” by society, refusal...
Moller points out that in September 2007, neighboring Sweden was faced with a potentially similar crisis when a small newspaper ran a critical cartoon of the Prophet. The Swedish Prime Minister immediately called in the ambassadors from Muslim countries and told them that he personally didn't sanction the drawing but he couldn't stop freedom of speech. The ambassadors explained the situation to their home government and the issue died down. Says Moller, "I think they are rather trying to deflate this incidence." But Denmark's authorities and embassies worldwide remain on high alert...