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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Couldn't this be treated with education about Vitamin D supplements?
I'm guessing that, due to a lot of sunlight and many houses being built with inner courtyards where the women can go uncovered outdoors without fear of being seen by unrelated men, rickets isn't a common problem in the Middle East and North Africa. But when people from those countries come to, say, Vancouver, the women don't get as much sunlight and develop Vitamin D deficiencies.
You'd probably have better luck convincing them to take vitamins than to disobey what they consider to be the requirements of their religion--however silly you think those requirements are.
Vosssov (or however you spell it,) you can cry "prejudice" all you want, but don't expect me, or the French, to kowtow to the most retrograde force in the world today.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
