Islamic Femicide and Liberal Infanticide

Earlier this week, in the midst of the Obama-euphoria, the NY Times reported a terrible incident from the war-torn Sudan. Twelve-year-old Muslim Aisha was on her way to visit her grandparents when she was raped by three men. Her parents brought her to report this to the authorities who then decided she was guilty of adultery. She was placed in a hole and stoned to death by fifty men while one thousand watched. The three rapists have not been arrested.

Is there anything worse than this?

Yes: a mother intentionally killing her newborn, struggling infant, a survivor of abortion, with the full backing of the government and medical profession. This is the policy repeatedly endorsed by our President-elect. A majority of our electorate is comfortable with this; many are ecstatic about his triumph.

Meanwhile, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman informs us that if we are not thrilled with our new President-elect, there is something wrong with us. There is something wrong with us: it is called heartbreak.

Dark, patriarchal, femicidal currents in Islam give the males the power to kill their daughters should they shame the family.

Dark, matriarchal, infanticidal currents in liberalism give the mother the power to kill her children at her discretion. It is called choice, woman’s issues, and reproductive rights.

These two cultures of death are inverse, mirror images of each other.