Dogs and Meat

SYDNEY, Australia - A senior Muslim cleric compared women who go without a head scarf to "uncovered meat" left out for scavengers, drawing widespread condemnation and calls Thursday for his resignation.

Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali denied he was condoning rape when he made the comments in a sermon last month, and apologized to any women he had offended, saying they were free to dress as they wished.

So he apologized to women? Why? All he said about women was that they were desirable. What he said about Muslim men was that they couldn't control themselves. Or maybe that they couldn't be held responsible for how they treat women that they find desirable. Is that the message? Are Muslim men like children who can't control themselves? Regardless of what fairy tales they tell themselves, our culture does hold men responsible for their actions.