It is reported that a record number of Muslims are running for political office.
Perhaps it would be worth considering having all politicians take a pledge:
PLEDGE TO STOP CRUELTY & ABUSE OF WOMEN AND THE DEFENSELESS
·I pledge to stand against WIFE-BEATING — allowing a man to bully, batter or be physically abusive to his wife if she does not obey him or refuses to have sex with him;
·I pledge to stand against POLYGAMY — allowing a man to have multiple wives;
·I pledge to stand against PUNISHMENT OF RAPE VICTIMS — whipping, stoning or inflicting of corporal punishment on a woman who has been the victim of a rape;
·I pledge to stand against INEQUALITY — teaching chauvinism, that men are more equal than women before the law;
·I pledge to stand against SEX SLAVERY — allowing women to be forced into involuntary marriages and sex-trafficking;
·I pledge to stand against NO AGE OF CONSENT — allowing a man to marry a girl who is under the age of consent;
·I pledge to stand against NO FREEDOM TO BE ALONE IN PUBLIC — not allowing women to leave their homes without being accompanied by a male relative;
·I pledge to stand against DETERMINING OF DRESS — discriminating, threatening, uttering of abuse, or committing violence on a woman because she is seen in public not wearing a particular dress or covering;
·I pledge to stand against DEFENSELESS DIVORCE — facilitating men divorcing their wives without due process of American law, such as by simply saying “I divorce you” three times;
·I pledge to stand against NO ALIMONY — denying alimony to a woman who has been divorced, without due process of American law;
·I pledge to stand against NO VISITING RIGHTS — denying a woman who has been divorced access to her own children, without due process of American law;
·I pledge to stand against KIDNAPPING OF CHILDREN — facilitating a father taking a woman’s children to another country which has laws denying her rights to her own children;
·I pledge to stand against HONOR KILLINGS — supporting a system which effectively provides cover for a man who kills a wife or child that embarrassed him before his faith community;
·I pledge to stand against MUTILATION — practicing female genital mutilation, or defacing a woman, such as by cutting off her nose;
·I pledge to stand against CORPORAL PUNISHMENT — beheading, acid attacks, amputation, or any form of cutting off parts of a person’s body as punishment for a crime;
·I pledge to stand against NAME-CALLING — calling women who are not covered “whores,” or any race of people “apes or pigs”;
·I pledge to stand against DEATH THREATS — issuing against someone for leaving a faith community;
·I pledge to stand against NO HONESTY — lying to gain access into a group, party, or university, then using membership, financial contributions and intimidation to subvert the group into not opposing clandestine laws which deny women & children rights;
·I pledge to stand against GENOCIDE — advocating racism, extermination of ethnic groups, such as Jews, or Africans in southern Sudan;
·I pledge to stand against the PROHIBITION OF DOGS — discriminating against those with seeing-eye dogs, service dogs, or canine companions;
·I pledge to stand against those who claim AMERICAN LAW IS NOT LAW OF THE LAND — advocating for foreign laws and traditions to be superior to U.S. laws;
·I pledge to stand against DISDAIN FOR PLEDGE — disparaging or discouraging American citizens from pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.