Modesty and menace (Muslim 'fashion sense' nicely critiqued)

National Post - Canada ^ | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | Barbara Kay

[GMMAC]

Me, I always wonder, whenever I see a group of Muslim women out together dressed in quite differing degrees of 'modesty', why the supposedly more pious ones would want to be willingly seen in public with ones whom they logically must view as at least somewhat whorish ???

Who knows but, I was taught one is known by the company one keeps.

[GMMAC]

PING!

[george76]

[thubb]

go to some of the more 'pious' states in the middle east and you may be obliged to dress as they do not as you wish. hypocrites, the whole bloody lot of them.

[goodnesswins]

HA....if I ever saw a "group of Muslim women out together" covered head to foot.....I'd wonder if there was a male in there somewhere.

[Alouette]

Women in burqas eat spaghetti

(Disclaimer: the video might be removed by Google for "hate crime")

[Dustbunny]

The second from the left and the last one on the right look as though they might be males.

Great disguise. OBL could be walking among us dressed as a female, who would ever know.

[Dustbunny]

Wow, you are right. Friend worked in Saudi for years. His wife stayed in the states because she was not allowed to drive and had to wear modesty clothing.

[AnalogReigns]

I'm always fascinated at how often, in Arab Moslem (even in non-Arab Moslem) complete coverage of the face by MEN is sanctioned--at least by those militants usually accompanied by an AK-47. Somehow it is considered brave and a "sign of the martyrs" to cover ones face like a bandit. Of course the real reason is so they cannot be recognized by law-enforcement--proving their real-life banditry.

What's sad is the elevation of criminality to martyr status of Islamic society. But hey, just look at Mohammed himself.

Still, why is it, both men and women in Islamic societies love to hide their faces? Methinks the practice is revealing.

[miss marmelstein]

I think they are trying to be menacing. About a year ago I was in a London Marks & Spencer's paying for an item when I turned away and bumped into a woman dressed entirely in that long black schmatta with only her eyes exposed. The dark hatred in those orbs was palpable!

[fanfan]

Jihad Jane sings Suicide Song

[William Terrell]

The dude with the paper looks like he might be considering chambering a round.

[Bahbah]

LOL. That's hilarious.

[Dallas59]

[thubb]

when i lived in singapore, i attended a british international school. my 4th grade teacher was a welsh woman who looked like she bathed in vodka every night. pale as death with strawberry blonde hair. she lived somewhere in the UAE and taught school. some of her pupils were arab children who were absolutely amazed at how WHITE her skin was. i guess they'd never seen skin before.

a cousin in singapore used to vacation in langkawi, malaysia. said it was the most hilarious sight seeing arab mothers on holiday with their children 'swimming' at the beach with full, black burquas. not smart to weigh one's self down like that while your kids are learning to swim.

[tkathy]

I saw one today, and they are unbelievably creepy. They truly are a sign of menace and hatred and separation.

[GMMAC]

Given none of this 'ethnic' clothing - for either males or females - is required under the actual tenets of their faith, I see so much as one of those little white hats on a Muslim and automatically assume "pro-terrorist".

Otherwise, I believe we should honestly try to practice tolerance with the rest in accordance with the teachings of our own faith.

[tkathy]

I strongly disagree that appeasement should be used in the symbols of death and hatred that the islamic headgear of both sexes represents. Banning them in schools and govt buildings would have a huge effect.

[GMMAC]

Couldn't agree more.
I was only making the added point that, unlike some on FR, I don't consider every Muslim on the planet to be an Islamofascist terrorist or supporter of same.

Otherwise & as far as I'm concerned, with none of this 'in-your-face' clothing & other apparel specifically required by their faith, it should - at the very least - be socially unacceptable as it effectively amounts to a Taliban and/or Al-Qaeda fan club uniform.

Sure, they can point to "Christian" clothing of the Amish or Salvation Army or to the equally recognizable garb of some Jews and whine about "discrimination".
However anyone, with a post 9/11 mindset & who isn't a total moral relativist, should be able to perceive application of the same qualitative difference which also leads decent people to frown upon public flaunting of Klan robes & SS uniforms.

[Fair Go]

Take a look at the headlines in our leading national broadsheet:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/