Re: Al-Azhar says women pregnant by rape must abort baby
May be because rapes are not so common in western muslim communities.
Again, assumptions. How do we know this? Do you know how many muslim women are now living in dorms or independent apartments to pursue their education? Do you know how many muslim women go to work in a car alone, and park it in a garage, where they may be at risk for assualt? Do you know how few muslim women take self-defense courses? Do you think muslim women are physically as fit as their western counterparts to physically fend off an attack? How many muslim women go to the gym regularly? How many muslim women live in family arrangements where they have uncles and cousins living with them, who could be possible perpetrators?
I'll give you an example, that might just horrify you. We had returned from Umrah and I was lying down on the bed, because of tremendous jet lag. I was in and out, so barely had an idea what was going on. I just remember opening my eyes and seeing my uncle bended OVER my body. He was reaching for something that was over my head, but the way my body was positioned on the bed, he could have easily walked over to the other angle of the bed and gotten what he needed. I knew he hadn't raped me, we had family walking all over the house dealing with their baggage. But there was NO need for him to bend over my body like that.
And this is no isolated incident. Things like this happen to muslim girls all the time, everywhere.
You are again, misleading people, my encouraging them to not take this matter seriously. I would say at least 50% of the crime is preventable, if women were educated more on these issues and took charge of them.
Your qoutations of the Quranic ayahs that do not allow for fetal abortions, post-40 days, does not focus on these things. Thankfully, the Quranic ayas do not limit us to the solution of "keeping it".