Monday, June 12, 2006

Women's Issues: Survey claims Muslim women believe western females obsessed by sex, drugs and rock and roll

A Gallup World Poll study claims the majority of Muslim women regard western culture as morally corrupt and obsessed with sex and drugs.

The surveyed women admired their society's adherence to Islamic values, pointing out that 'Sharia' (Islamic law) should be the source of political legislation.

The study, titled "What Women Want: Listening to the Voices of Muslim Women," released Tuesday, surveyed 8,000 Muslim women from Morocco, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

According to the poll, conducted in 2005, most Muslim women disapprove of the way women are treated in the west and dislike the sexual "promiscuity, pornography and public indecency."