I don't know any subtle way to lead into this - I am appalled that Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls - has come out with a new line of dolls called "Burqa Barbie." (You remember last year's effort - a cute little baby doll which said "Islam is the light" when you touched him.) (see related news story)
This Christmas season, you have your choice of Barbies in the head-to-toe garb favored by some in Islam.
Mattel seems to be attempting to convince American girls that being a "Burqa Barbie" is both glamorous and fun. A lot of women who have "come out" of Islam tell a very different story.
Under Shariah law, women in Islam cannot leave their homes without the permission of their husband and are the property of their husbands in every way. There is no punishment under Shariah for wife-beating or child abuse and rape is virtually (no pun intended) impossible to prove.
So I hope under that brightly colored burqa the new Mattel doll is badly bruised and has a frightened look on her face because most women in burqas are severely abused women.
Is this what we dream and hope for future American women?
Shariah law is a despicable and anti-Constitutional throwback to the Dark Ages when rights were reserved only for males of certain religions. It is the opposite of America where we guarantee rights equally to every person, except the unborn.
Mattel could do a public service by distributing a "Rifqa Bary" Barbie doll which resembles the young Muslim woman in Ohio whose radical parents intend to kill her because she has professed her belief in Jesus Christ.
Such "honor killings" are very common among Shariah adherents.
The doll would need to look radiant and courageous like the real Rifka but it would be easy to accessorize. A miniature Bible could be tucked under her arm. And a set of cowardly politicians could be enclosed and they would do absolutely nothing just like they did in the real government hearings in Florida and Ohio.
So this Christmas give your daughters and granddaughters, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Sue Myrick or Pamela Geller dolls. These are women of character whose values and courage are worth emulating.
And say a prayer that Rifqa will live to see her first Christmas as a believer in Jesus Christ whose birth we celebrate.
