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Strauss Kahn rape victim is a Devout Muslim Woman!

New York City : NY : USA | May 18, 2011 at 10:29 PM PDT

By Amra Tareen

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The woman Strauss Kahn tried to rape is a 32 year old devout Muslim, who was wearing a head scarf or Hijab. The woman has a 15-year-old daughter and is from Guinea, she is widowed and received asylum in the United States 7 years ago.

Strauss Kahn, a former French minister, who had been expected to declare his candidacy for the French presidency soon tried to rape the 32 year Muslim woman. France is the same country where French Muslims are treated as second-class citizens. Under the law promoted by Nicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy, French President any Muslim woman wearing a face veil is now banned from all public places in France.

The fact that Strauss Kahn tried to rape a Muslim women who wore a headscarf is not just a coincidence but also his lack of respect and contempt for Muslims and Muslim women. He probably thought that the rape victim being a Muslim woman will not tell anyone and He could get away with it!

The nuance to this story is not only that France is an open society when it comes to extramarital affairs but also a closed society that treats its Muslims immigrants with contempt, and this highlights lack of respect for Muslims by the French ruling elite.

I feel pure contempt for Dominique Strauss Khan not only as woman but as a Muslim woman.

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Dominique Strauss-Khan rape victim is a devout Muslim Woman

Amra Tareen is based in San Francisco, California, United States of America, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

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Posted By

aymaan30 | about 1 year ago

Astonishing!! No doubt the brutal way he treated the maid speaks about his disgust for 'hijab'....This revelation is surely going to create a commotion...thanks for sharing this report...rated up..

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Aymaan30, I am disgusted by him!!!! The Western mainstream media is trying to keep the fact that the victim is a Muslim woman out of the press!!! I am very disturbed by this!!! We need to spread the word, please share with others

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dhreff | about 1 year ago

Amra, since the the object of the crime is a Muslim woman, I think her attacker Strauss Khan shall be dealt with according to Islamic criminal Law, the case shall be filed in an Islamic court. Am not a lawyer but, my analysis on the matter goes that way. Probably, fellow contributor writers who have expertise on Islamic jurisprudence can render their opinions on the case. Rate you up and have a nice day.

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Arslan J | about 1 year ago

I had no idea about this. The media blackout on the Muslim identity of the maid is just shocking. Thank you so much for pointing this out. I will certainly start spreading the news. Also, I entirely share your disgust for the person and your description of French political hypocrisy vis-a-vis Muslims.

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Mohammad Shabbir Murtaza | about 1 year ago

I agree with arslanj. It is astonishing why this fact was not revealed by the media?

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pm861207 | about 1 year ago

After reading this article it reminds me about a documentary "Muslim Women: The Bill & Us" which explores the politics behind the reservation of Muslim women in politics. Political leaders nearly all men are having some different point of view over women right. That's why there is huge opposition for the women reservation bill. Some Muslim men believe that if women are attending Parliament they should attend in Purdah but women are against of this specially Dalit and backward caste women.

To watch please visit - http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/4074

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israelseen | about 1 year ago

While if the accusations are true which are disgusting, let us not forget in the U.S. the system assumes innocence until proven guilty by a jury of his peers. This is what makes the American system strong.

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Adrian Holman | about 1 year ago

The French are pretty snobbish to everyone. Your point about how the French treat Muslims has some validity because they choose not to take any Libyan and Tunisian refugees that are stuck in Lampedusa, Italy. Hijab is OK, the burqa is not.

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israelseen | about 1 year ago

In America, a rape is a rape regardless what the religious affiliation might be. In a sense it is racist to use that information in the States. It is irrelevant to the incident.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

yes but DSK is a French guy committing a crime in America!!! he thinks of Muslims as weak and like slaves/second class citizens in France, that is how they are treated. The salient point is DSK is bringing his French prejudices to the US and thinking he can get away with raping a Head-scarfed Black African Muslim woman, who most likely won't tell anyone.

America is great and Justice for ALL!

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mariahardy | about 1 year ago

Are Muslims not treating their women are second class citizen? Very much so. Nevertheless, raping a woman is always contemptible.

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logicalreasoning | about 1 year ago

Thank you Amra Tareen for this eye opener update. Rape is a rape, it has nothing doing with race or creed. If you look at statistic of rape in Muslim countries, how may are reported or taken to court, very very minute number. At least victim of rape will get justice in USA, at least in this case nobody is above the law.

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israelseen | about 1 year ago

I agree logicalreasoning. Rape in many Muslim countries go on punished including honor killings. We suffer with it in Israel among the some of the Muslim population. It is so painful to see these women abused just because of the patriarchal system of control and power.At least in the USA justice for the most part is based on actions not religion.In Israel when these situations come to light the culprits are prosecuted.

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logicalreasoning | about 1 year ago

Well said israelseen, if you are from Israel than you must be really proud about your justice system, your President was prosecuted and sentence to jail for sexual abuse, hats off.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

All Thanks for you comments, I appreciate them, but the point is this guy is part of French ruling elite, he is a predator, he goes after what he considers weak and helpless..... women, Muslim woman as he thinks they are weak as they a covered and have no rights!.... what bothers me is that he raped a young french journalist, whose own mother told her not to prosecute him???

My hats go off to this woman in Manhattan who is a shy Muslim woman, 32 year old widowed woman with a 15 year old daughter, living in Bronx is in the US for 7 years. She is very courageous and I applaud her!!

But this Strauss did not realize that this is America and his power does not apply here!!!

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saleh1966 | about 1 year ago

Hi Amra,
Sorry I can not believe this story that I did not hear from anywhere except here.
The woman, a 32-year-old immigrant from the west African nation of Guinea, was to testify before a grand jury sometime Wednesday about the incident at a penthouse suite at a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan, lawyer Jeffrey Shapiro said on NBC's TODAY.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43073200/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/imf-director-resigns-amid-sex-charges/

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Saleh1996 did you notice how even in the MSN article that you posted the link to, did not say she was a Muslim woman!

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BMcPherson | about 1 year ago

It appears that there is enough evidence to charge Khan, but he has a high priced lawyer and even if found guilty, may not get more than slap on the wrist.The rich and powerful often take advantage of the disadvantaged with impunity. From his reputation, Khan seems to have been nondiscriminatory in whom he victimized. It appears that whoever was handy at the time became his victim.And we have to remember that he is still presumed innocent of the charges until proven guilty.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Beth , This guys seems like he is very calculating he goes after the weak, based on who he thinks is weak (badly treated minorities in his country who many not have a voice), a young journalists whose mother he knows....... he is very calculating!

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Here is a link where abc news talks about her as a devout muslim in main stream mediahttp://abcnews.go.com/US/dominique-strauss-kahn-sex-case-alleged-victims-lawyer/story?id=13627104&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4dd53dba340c51a4,0

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spiked story | about 1 year ago

We should wait for the trail before he is condemed

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Stephanie Ealy | about 1 year ago

I learned about the French disrespect for the Muslims in an Intercultural Communications Class. There is a movie about the scarf issue that I watched in class but I can't remember the name. It made me very emotional. I think it is horrific. Thanks Amra -- excellent report.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Please do email me the link if you find it I found love to take a look at it. I don't personally wear the scarf, but I hate it when a government tells it's people what to wear or not to wear

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MichelleDevlin | about 1 year ago

He disgusts me too Amra - as women have we not all met so many like him? thank you for bringing this to light!

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Me too, there is a interesting Time headline "why powerful men act like pigs :-)

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Robert Weller | about 1 year ago

I think you approach dangerous territory when you head towards declaring one rape worse than another. A rape is a rape, whether it is a Muslim, Catholic or atheist. Rape victims frequently face questions about how they got themselves in difficulty. In a highly publicized case in Texas, a teen girl who was gang raped by 18 boys and men was criticized by residents of the area where she was attacked for being there. I.E., she was looking for trouble. I fear that even mentioning that the victim in this case is a Muslim could result in her own people blaming her. An Arizona Muslim man was sentenced to prison this year for the honor killing of his daughter.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

exactly Robert, there is so much stigma around rape with the Muslim community that shy Muslim women most likely do not share... All I am saying is that DSK is a predator and he knows this very well and he thought he would not get caught in this situation as the woman had a hijab on! it is like raping a slave, masters can get away with it

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Robert Weller | about 1 year ago

In Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex she talks about how a century ago servants were expected to provide sex on demand. With all that is happening around the world I am no longer hopeless. I think women will seize the power to stop this.

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Amra Tareen | about 1 year ago

Robert, women power is what the world needs to make us cooperate and solve big issues that we face on global level today

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dhreff | about 1 year ago

Amra, I just post an article about fighting for women's rights related to the case of DSK. I agree though am not a woman...he...he...he...that, the world needs women's power to get attention of the world. Rate you up.

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