Dear friends
Ten years have passed from this 21 st Century and we are still fighting to realize real peace and justice in this world West and East , North and South .
We cannot have real peace without justice and equality between all peoples of the world regardless of Nationality , religion , class , gender , race and others .
Feminism is not separate from Secularism .
To have equality between men and women inside and outside the family we must have a secular state and a secular society
Women are inferior to men in all religions including the three monotheistic religions .
Global – local ( glocal ) religious fundamentalism is a universal political economic military phenomena . Neo colonialism and religious fundamentalism are two faces of the same coin .
Any religious state is racist based on dictatorship and oppression of women and the poor classes , whether a Jewish state or Christian or Muslim or other
There is a back lash against women rights and the rights of the poor with the rising power of neo colonialism and religious fundamentalism .
We need to unveil our minds and demystify beautiful false words used by religious states , such as God`s Laws or Divine Laws .
All laws in the state and in the family should be secular based on complete equality between people regardless of any difference .
Religion is a very personal private individual matter and should not be public at all .
Children should not inherit religion from the family . Education should be secular at all levels .
We need to organize globally and locally to fight against religious states and neo colonialism at the same time , since they work together directly or indirectly
Egypt as many countries in the world is a secular state theoretically but religion interferes in many political , social , moral and legal aspects of public and family life . In Iran there a clear religious state . So the struggle in Iran is more clear .
I have not seen a really secular state in the East or West . You cannot have a really secular state or real democracy or real equality between people under the capitalist patriarchal system . The USA is dominated by the Christian Jewish Coalition to enforce capitalism and male domination . The USA supports religious states such as Israel , Saudi Arabia and others . The European Union works with the USA and supports religious conflicts to realize neo colonialism and exploitation of other countries in Africa , Asia , Latin America and our region , the so called Middle East .
Relgion is a strong weapon to divide people and create religious wars between countries , classes , genders , races and others
We need to fight together to abolish this dangerous poisonous weapon which kills millions of people everywhere under the name of God .
Nawal El Saadawi
Cairo Egypt
International women’s day was celebrated in Atlanta-USA and Global Solidarity for Secular Society endorsed this event and the above statement by Dr. Nawal El Saadawi was for this event. Please see the video of the program in this link.
