Friday, August 3, 2012

The IOC Did Not Lose, Saudi Women Won


Farzana Hassan focuses on the glass half empty rather than recognizing that having a woman from Saudi Arabia competing in the Olympics is a significant step in the right direction and a defeat to radicals in the Kingdom in her simplistic article "IOC allowing hijab a victory for Wahabis". And if you want an evidence that the Wahabis actually lost, take a second look at the picture of the brave girl above.  Excerpt: 



Image: Boston Globe / AP