I find it ironic and funny that right-wing Islam-bashers, who comprise a significant segment of the people always telling us Muslims to speak up against human rights abuses are largely unaware of the following stated by [1] Irshad Manji:

Article Two of the new Iraqi constitution makes clear that “no law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed laws of Islam.” Likewise, Article Three of Afghanistan’s constitution states that “no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam.”

Washington enthusiastically endorses each constitution, indicating that the Islamization of democracy is either harmless or unstoppable. In so doing, neo-cons have succumbed to the logic of the multicultural Left: namely, that’s the way those people do things over there and who are we to tell them otherwise?

Welcome to the essence of cultural relativism, the ideology that insists there is no universal standard of human dignity or decency. Thus, anything goes as long as it doesn’t directly affect me or my kids. How individualistic. How selfish. And how revealing that when it comes to re-building Iraq and Afghanistan, cultural relativism unites the post-modern Left and the neo-conservative Right.

Nice, so while we’re trying hard to push for the desperately needed reform of numerous aspects of Islamic law, here comes the Bush administration in support of constitutions espousing the very things we’re trying to eliminate.

Ali Eteraz [2] points out that Iraqi feminists [3] bemoan this and why shouldn’t they? Too often, they pay a hefty price.

Dear Bush administration, I thought you’re with us against the Islamists?

More [4] over at Irshad’s blog. Meanwhile and on a related note, check out Sudanese singer [5] Nancy Ajaj. Sudanese conservatives loathe her. I can’t understand how they could abhor someone so sweet.