Islam in the West is not generally well understood and our view of Islam in general is tainted by the negative aspects of the religion as it has impacted us in the West.īut we’re not here to discuss religion. But, if you really think about it, this is possibly quite significant as it demolishes some of the western propaganda about Islamic treatment of women. There seems to be scant information on this other than a single sentence reporting this fact. More or less buried in the news reports about the recent US commando raid in Yemen was the report that at least four of the defenders of the targeted compound were women fighters.
