Mad dog's Muslim rant exposes hidden pain Nov 21, 2009
In the compelling read Cruel and Usual Punishment, author Nonie Darwish adds her voice to the likes of Ayyan Hirsi Ali, Shirin Ebadi, Malalai Joya, and Phyllis Chesler, in detailing despicable levels of violence and humiliation against women in Muslim nations. Yet the gender apartheid these women highlight is taken to a whole new level of fury by Wafa Sultan, in her new book A God who hates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Novel on Islam Canceled For Fear of Retaliation Oct 10, 2009
" Dr. Phyllis Chesler, author of several books, including "The Death of Feminism: What's Next in the Struggle for Women's Freedom," said cancelling the book is not an isolated case. " M ost academic and mainstream publishers won t even consider books that might offend Islamists or Muslims," she said. "The West has, so far, given in and censored its writers and artists in order to avoid being sued or bombed. Appeasement will get us nowhere. (Fox News)
Christian Convert Bary Fears Mosque with Terror Ties Sep 5, 2009
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5Runaway Christian Convert to Stay in Florida for Now, Judge Rules» Aug 24, 2009
Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York, said she believes Bary will be in danger if she is sent back to her parents. "Anyone who converts from Islam is considered an apostate, and apostasy is a capital crime," Chesler wrote FOXNews. (Fox News)
1Court Expected to Send Runaway Teen Home Despite Muslim Honor Killing Fears» Aug 22, 2009
" McCarthy said Rifqa's account of how she traveled to Florida has "holes in it," but declined to elaborate. He also declined to respond to allegations that Bary's father abused the girl when he learned of her conversion to Christianity. Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York, said she believes Bary will be in danger if she is sent back to her parents. "Anyone who converts from Islam is considered an apostate, and... (Fox News)
United in Hate May 26, 2009
In 2004, a sixteen-year old girl, Atefeh Rajabi, was hanged in a public square in Iran, feminist writer Phyllis Chesler wrote in her book The Death of Feminism. Her crime. (Townhall.com)
Fun with Dick and Nancy May 18, 2009
One of the few U.S. commentators to pick up on the Afghan schoolgirls story was Phyllis Chesler, who wrote about it under the headline The High Cost Of Western Idealism. America and its few real allies fight under the most constrained and self-imposed rules of engagement ever devised, and against an enemy that rejects every basic element of the Geneva Conventions. (CBS News)
A Former Terrorist, a Muslim Darfur Leader, an Escaped Jihad Slave, Victims of Terror from India, U.S. and Israel to Address Mass Human Rights Rally May 2, 2009
Speakers will also include Simon Deng, a freed Sudanese slave; Mohamed Yahya, leader of Muslim Darfur group Damanga; author and women's rights advocate Dr. Phyllis Chesler; anti-slavery activist Pastor Gerald Bell; Charles Jacobs of American for Peace and Tolerance; Rajinder Singh Khalsa and Bhupinder Singh Bhurji representing the Sikh community; Beth Gilinsky of Alliance for Interfaith Resistance; Hindu Human rights leader Arish Sahani; women's rights activist Joy Brighton, and others. The... (PR Newswire)
Hollywood MIA on Abuse in Islam Feb 27, 2009
In an article published in the most recent edition of Middle East Quarterly, Phyllis Chesler argues that the U.S. has failed to acknowledge the severity of honor killings, and that this denial stems in part from a fear of being called culturally insensitive, a fear that is exacerbated when U.S.-based Muslim advocacy groups like CAIR reflexively deny that such killings are a problem. Although honor killings are comparatively rare in the U.S., domestic abuse is widespread in Muslim American... (Human Events Online)
View from the right: Terrified of speaking about terror Feb 27, 2009
But as Phyllis Chesler, author of a study that recently appeared in Middle East Quarterly, can tell you, angry Muslim husbands can use the tenets of their creed to justify killing a wayward wife. The victim of the upstate murder once told a reporter: "I did not want my kids growing up to watch Muslims being portrayed as terrorists." Unfortunately, her husband may have been a terrorist, at least toward his family. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
