Thoughts on Ukraine and Women's History Month
The war in Ukraine has impacted me more than I thought it would. My family has strong ties to the Poland-Ukraine-Russia region, and so the events there have claimed my attention. But there are a few things on mind that should be written about sooner rather than later, if in a shorter format than usual. Muslims and the War in Ukraine I’ve written at length about reports that Muslim immigrants not so much wanting to come to the West to change their lifestyle as to live their old lifestyle more lucratively, even if that includes honor killing of daughters and enforcing other cultural restrictions. Naturally, the war has threatened Muslim civilians in Ukraine as much as anyone else, but most of the Muslims (and Tatars) in Ukraine are in Crimea (12% of the population), where the Russians have been in control since 2014. The rest of the country counts Islam as the religion of less than 1% of the population. So, a muted reaction to Russian aggression is to be expected, if for no othe...