And I'm going to go dressed like this.
Posted on 11/15/2006 1:04:20 AM PST by backtothestreets
100 turn out in Fremont for ``Wear a Hijab/Turban Day.'' EVENT PROMPTED BY SLAYING OF AFGHAN MOTHER OF SIX
They came in saffron turbans, glittering purple head scarves and blue yarmulkes to show that Fremont is not a hateful place.
The catalyst for the grass-roots event was the Oct. 19 slaying of Alia Ansari. The 38-year-old mother of six was gunned down as she picked up her children from a Fremont elementary school. The Afghan native wore a chador -- a loose scarf that is also called a hijab -- over her head, as a sign of modesty mandated in Islam.
No one has been arrested in connection with her death. Many community members believe it was a hate crime, although police have no evidence of who did it or why.
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I agree. We have the high ground and must not lose it.
I could care less about the oppressive religion of Islam. It is the supremacist political philosophy of Islam that bothers me.
Is it Indian muslims who wear turbans or do some Hindus wear them too?
And it is disturbing that in the light of no motive it is assumed to be a hate crime. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sounds like a CAIR-like propaganda effort.
No one speaks out against the hate crimes being perpetrated by muslim terrorists against US troops and friendly muslims in Iraq. It is assumed that "we deserved it".
Someone needs to market a biker's do rag with the caricature of Mohammend on it. See how the Islamic Facists deal with Hells Angels and the Harley Gang...me included.
Indians who wear turbans are, by and large, neither Hindus nor Muslims, but Sikhs.
Sikhism, as I understand it, has a variety of life-vows the believers can take, the most basic and commonly taken--Khalsa--involves distinctive dress as well as undertaking certain moral/ascetic practices. (The others involve additional moral/ascetic practices.) For men, the distinctive dress includes wearing a turban, and for both men and women, not cutting their hair or beard. (My daughter's best friend at college is a Sikh.)
If you see a man with a really long beard, and a turban, tied in such a way that the edge along the forehead has a peak in the center, he's almost certainly at Sikh. If you see a man with a short, or obviously trimmed beard, or shaved mustache and beard, with a turban tied so the edge along his forehead is horizonatal, he's almost certainly a Muslim (and probability a Shi'ite, though not necessarily).
"Honor killing? Was she an informant? Was she a moderate who spoke out against radicals? All possibilities"\
I suspect nope. She was in the rong place at the wrong time and made an example of. IMO but what the heck do I know!?
And I'm going to go dressed like this.
Pithy, but not overly so!
hey, nice observations! i'm impressed with the attention to detail!
Last year I believe there was a blog/newspaper article about this - by one of the newspaper's reporters who wore the damn thing!!!
Bias? What bias?
Another clue: the Sikh turban covers the ears.
No, she had the gaul to walk outside without permission and without a male from her immediate family. She desereved what she got according to Sharia Law.
Don't forget the pig.
Just add a veil in front of the turban and you can hide and go Sikh.
I'll one up you...if I witness anyone attempting to commit a crime against anyone else, I will act to prevent the crime, because it's the right thing to do.You sofa king crazy. ;)
Well that clears up who owns the 7-11's in town.
It is more likely she was killed by a fellow moslem. Some perverted "honor killing" would be a good bet.
Snort. Snicker. Chortle.
As long as I have the means to physically resist, I will never wear the garb of a Goat Shagging Sand Savage.
Besides, I would look like Joan Crawford.
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