Topic : 11/26 Katherine Returns

The topic is NOT about Islam. But PLEASE do not generalize. Muslim women in one country do not necessarily have the same rights at Muslim women in other countries.

For instance, Turkey is more European than most other Muslim-dominated countries. Women there have many rights. But in Saudi Arabia, Iran and other such places they have fewer rights.

Take the case in Iran at this time. A woman was savagely raped by a group of men. She is now facing a year in jail and hundreds of lashes because she was in a car with a man (and she didn't have a male relative with her at that time). They shortened her jail sentence but UPPED the number of lashes because she brought her case's attention to the media. What a way to silence future rape victims!!!

Many Saudi women would still love to drive to their employment, but their opportunities are fewer due to the govt refusing to allow them this "right."

Just as Christian religions differ by countries, by state and by parish, Muslim "rights' differ as well.

There is a song in my mind with lines 'keep your daughter, follow your daughter, keep her out of trouble"

Katherine's mom get a body guard on your lovely daughter untill she is free from this awful man..I seen people like him in Canada can be cruel to women in their families.

My heart goes out to you..

Joan from Canada

You are filled with hate, which is so sad. Life is too short to hate. People who love God and love themselves don't make room for hate in their lives.

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Did you ever think that some people may have cared about the people of Iraq with 2/3 of Iraqi's slaughtered, tortured and/or allowed fewer freedoms because they were not Sunni?

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Where is all that oil Americans supposedly went to war with. At over $3.00 a barrel, I have to laugh at your notion. You sound like many on the far left who hate our president more than they hate dictators.

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Were we attacking Germany when we saved the Jews from the Nazis? I don't think the Shiites and Kurds believe we were attacking them in Iraq. How convenient that some people have forgotten the monster Saddam was. Why was it that Muslim nations didn't stand up again Saddam, the leader of Iran and others who deny freedoms and kill those who speak out against the government?

And who are "you people?" Do you realize how prejudice you sound? Pre-judging ANYBODY is always bad. You are either very young (and angry) or older and simply immature (angry, too).

By the way, my husband is a federal officer. We have 4 guns in the home, all with trigger locks. When I travel alone with my children, I bring a gun with me (I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon). I taught school for years and I have never shot anybody. The only person I would ever shoot is someone threatening the lives of my husband, my children or me. Does that make me a bad person? I don't think so. When I am not traveling, I am taking Communion to elderly residents in a nursing home, finding baby formula and food for a migrant program or taking loads of canned goods to a local food pantry.

I hope to God that you are not in the United States enjoying all our freedoms. People still migrant here by the millions and many even sneak into this great country. Whenever a country has LOTS of freedoms (yes, we even get to elect our leaders and can speak out against those leaders), there will be problems that come with it. Does that make this country bad? Of course not. We're also the number 1 country for giving aid to foreign countries, but many like to forget all the good the U.S. does YEARLY.

You really need to stop stereotyping and generalizing. The topic is on Katherine, her boyfriend and her parents. I shall say a prayer for you; may you toss out all the hatred you hold in your heart. God bless.

You are filled with hate, which is so sad. Life is too short to hate. People who love God and love themselves don't make room for hate in their lives.

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Did you ever think that some people may have cared about the people of Iraq with 2/3 of Iraqi's slaughtered, tortured and/or allowed fewer freedoms because they were not Sunni?

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Where is all that oil Americans supposedly went to war with. At over $3.00 a barrel, I have to laugh at your notion. You sound like many on the far left who hate our president more than they hate dictators.

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Were we attacking Germany when we saved the Jews from the Nazis? I don't think the Shiites and Kurds believe we were attacking them in Iraq. How convenient that some people have forgotten the monster Saddam was. Why was it that Muslim nations didn't stand up again Saddam, the leader of Iran and others who deny freedoms and kill those who speak out against the government?

And who are "you people?" Do you realize how prejudice you sound? Pre-judging ANYBODY is always bad. You are either very young (and angry) or older and simply immature (angry, too).

By the way, my husband is a federal officer. We have 4 guns in the home, all with trigger locks. When I travel alone with my children, I bring a gun with me (I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon). I taught school for years and I have never shot anybody. The only person I would ever shoot is someone threatening the lives of my husband, my children or me. Does that make me a bad person? I don't think so. When I am not traveling, I am taking Communion to elderly residents in a nursing home, finding baby formula and food for a migrant program or taking loads of canned goods to a local food pantry.

I hope to God that you are not in the United States enjoying all our freedoms. People still migrant here by the millions and many even sneak into this great country. Whenever a country has LOTS of freedoms (yes, we even get to elect our leaders and can speak out against those leaders), there will be problems that come with it. Does that make this country bad? Of course not. We're also the number 1 country for giving aid to foreign countries, but many like to forget all the good the U.S. does YEARLY.

You really need to stop stereotyping and generalizing. The topic is on Katherine, her boyfriend and her parents. I shall say a prayer for you; may you toss out all the hatred you hold in your heart. God bless.

I am glad Catherine is back home and she got a second chance to look at her life.
I hope this was about Abdullha's actions and not his country of origin or religion.
This show to me was about giving Catherine the opportunity to make her choice without the pressure of an abussive, controling boyfriend, and she did.
To her family, please let it go! She made a mistake but she came back, it was hard but at the end she was brave and as Dr Phil said, she is taking those first steps into adulthood.  If you received her  at home again then, do it right; Forgive her and embrace her. I hope there is some counseling for this family.

Dr. Phil,

I am an American woman married to a man from Saudi Arabia.  Many people as you know are educated through TV programs.  Many programs are talk shows that are reputable like Oprah, the View and your show.  However, I feel that in a time of so much ignorance and hatred toward the middle east, a show that can promote understanding of the culture should either show that or not at all.  Why  portray a negative side that exists in any culture. I understand you showing an abusive situation of a woman, a woman may feel supported and may become empowered and speak out, but to portray an arab man in this situation is feeding into the ignorance that all arab man are abusive and that all women married to arab men may suffer the same fate.  How many men in America and in other countries treat their women in the same fashion.  Just in the first show, the Aunt of this girl stated how we don't allow our men to talk to us like that here in the USA.  Do they really believe all women in arab countries do?  Do you? Nobody should allow abuse but I think that somehow your show is somehow giving false information of what the majority of  women in arab countries will stand for.  Their are ignorant submissive women in all parts of the world including the USA as their are bully abusive men in the world including here.  I just think that in this day and age where people are being educated through the media, and where fear and hatred are in the midst concerning anybody of Muslim faith, that professionals should really study what to put on shows that can add to the ignorance and arrogance of our country.  I have always thought your show to be fair but this show really portrays our Arab husbands and American Children in a way that the majority truly are not.  Please state that in your show for you have no idea what scrutinizing our children live being Arab Americans and have to defend because of others ignorance of the culture.

•  This show is about how dangerous it can be for a child to have unsupervised use of the internet.
• This show is to warn parents that they should keep a close eye on thier children's use of the internet.
• This show shows what could happen if a child has unsupervised use of the internet.
• This show is about a family's anguish over thier daughter leaving this country and traveling to another country to meet a man that she has never met before.

         Tell me something mariamg, if you hate my country so much, why are you living here in the land of the free? How are things in NEW JERSEY?

  Yes in you're experience in you're culture where you live, you have these rights. But not all Muslims in every country have those rights, just the same as all different faiths in this country can be practiced freely it doesn't mean all faiths have those freedoms around the world. many people of different faiths are persecuted in other countries for their faith. We cant  assume all faiths have these rights, wed like to think they do but in some countries it is not so. also it is a fact that in some cultures woman are not treated well and have no rights.. Muslim included.This show was not about religion anyway ... it was about Katherine.