■"Unfree Under Islam: Spare a thought for Muslim women in Iraq-and Ontario," op-ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wall Street Journal, 15 August 2005, p. A16.
Good op-ed about how women are consistently disadvantaged in family affairs in any Gap state where shariah, or Islamic law, is used to trump secular law. The piece references the current constitutional fight going on in Iraq, but then emphasizes that this struggle goes on in mosques throughout the Core. Frankly, it's within the Core's greater political and social freedom where Islam's reformation will logically be enabled.
Conversely, and this is a big theme in Blueprint for Action, the revitalization of Christianity will be Gap-based, not Core-based. Forget secularized Europe and even bipolar America. The future of Christianity is in the Gap, along with the majority of the Christians.
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