“We’re witnessing revival of slave trade in the 21st century”

Zainab Hawa Bangura, the special representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for sexual violence in conflict, a devoutly Muslim native of Sierra Leone, reports on her recent visit to refugees from the conflict in Syria and Iraq:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/opinions/bangura-isis-treatment-women/index.html

The situation is horrific, and it must not be ignored.

I have to say, though, that, without in any way wanting to minimize the seriousness of what’s happening to my sisters under Islamist totalitarianism, I was a bit amused by Ms. Bangura’s description of the criminal violence of ISIS or the “Islamic State” as “essentially a war on women and girls.”

In fact, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the late comedian Mort Sahl’s 1988 prediction of how the New York Times headline would read if a giant asteroid were hurtling toward earth and expected to kill us all and end human history the next day:  “World to End Tomorrow; Women and Minorities Most Affected.”

ISIS is an affront to all of humanity — men, women, and children.

Posted from Carlsbad, California