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Georgia is the latest state legislature to fight against the creeping threat in America of Sharia law. (And you thought women having "consequence-free" sex was bad.) It joins South Carolina, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, and others in trying to take a courageous stance against... the Taliban in America? Our Islamic overlords? Who knows. But ladies, they have your best interests at heart. More »
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Girls of Riyadh, a novel by writer Rajaa Alsanea about four posh girlfriends whose romantic foibles are posted to a Yahoo group, is causing a major stir in Alsanea's native Saudi Arabia. According to Forbes, the "chick-lit" novel was initially banned when it debuted in 2005 because of the relatively salacious (in Saudi terms) behavior of the book's heroines. (They receive text messages from suitors, they conduct covert operations through online dating profiles, and consider relationships with men from Muslim sects different from their own.) Although the ban on Girls of Riyadh has since been lifted, the most appalling thing about the book is not that it was banned in the first place (though the suppression of free speech is certainly disturbing) — it's the heroines' Western-like obsession with luxury goods. More »
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