The Israeli Supreme Court has, despicably, denied women the right to pray out loud at the Western Wall, citing the danger that women's voices could provoke ultra-Orthodox men to riot. (Don't forget, of course, the prayer, Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, shelo asani ishah; "Blessed are You, O Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, Who did not make me a woman.")

I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- religious law, be it sharia, or halakha, or whatever else, is bullshit inherently incompatible with pluralistic societies. (Via Alas, a blog)