Fundamentalisms

Young schoolgirls seemed undeterred by the attempt to kill Malala Yousafzai, but parents in northern Pakistan are becoming increasingly concerned over their children going to school.

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has reached a state of total contempt even for universal norms. That means it is a war to the end. Yet there is too much pussyfooting and false intellectualisation of what is going on. President Jonathan should declare war on the group.

In the past few weeks, in several countries, groups of citizens have openly taken a stand against Muslim fundamentalists, including armed ones.

In Mali, on a number of occasions, citizens attempted to stop public amputations, stonings and floggings; Malian women also attacked AQMI (Al-Qaida au Maghreb islamique) in an attempt to stand up against the imposition of a so-called ‘Islamic dress code’ that is totally alien to their culture ( but have you heard anyone in Europe stand up in defence of their right to preserve their culture, their traditional way of dressing which is NOT the freshly imported so-called ‘Islamic veil’ Saudi style?). In response, fundamentalist armed groups fired at them with sub-machine guns.

*Une «tenue dénudée et indécente»*

Première Tunisienne à monter sur le podium olympique, Habiba Ghribi a décroché l'argent sur 3000 m steeple. Elle a suscité la colère de radicaux qui se sont déclarés offensés par sa «tenue dénudée et indécente» et l'ont couverte d'insultes et d'invectives. Pour l'un d'eux, avec son short, ses cuisses et son ventre nus, Habiba Ghribi «fait honte à la femme tunisienne».