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Christian women warned to wear veil
Religion and Spirituality ^ | May 30, 2007

Posted on 06/03/2007 5:06:33 AM PDT by Zakeet

A letter signed by the Mahdi Army linked to Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shiite cleric who the United States considers the greatest threat to security in Iraq, warned Christian women in Baghdad to wear the veil as do Muslim women. It is the latest in a long string of abuses against Iraqi Christians, including rape, murder, kidnapping, extortion and forced conversions, AsiaNews reported Wednesday.

The letter, an English translation of which was published by Aina news agency Wednesday, said "Was the Virgin Mary (peace be upon her) unveiled so that Christian women be allowed to be unveiled? Was Fatima al-Zahra unveiled? And were the wives of the Caliphs in the First Caliphate or others unveiled? No, and then no ... Allah forbid and far be it from all of them." It then warns "She is an adulteress, and she even proclaims sinfulness, challenges and fights Allah and his Prophet and ignores and neglects religion."

Answering the question "What measure should be taken against a woman who disobeys her father, husband, or her guardian by not committing to the legal veil?" the letter said husbands and fathers "must guide and educate her religiously in order to convince her. If she is not convinced still, then they must imprison her at home and do not expose her to the forbidden interaction with men." Finally, it warns "special committees have been established to follow up on this matter."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christians; iraq; iraqi; iraqichristians; islam; wot
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1 posted on 06/03/2007 5:06:35 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
"Mookie" still has a pulse because...???
2 posted on 06/03/2007 5:10:01 AM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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3 posted on 06/03/2007 5:12:07 AM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: Zakeet
Was Fatima al-Zahra unveiled? And were the wives of the Caliphs in the First Caliphate or others unveiled? No, and then no...

And then hell no!...most likely because they were butt-ugly.

Oh...I have blasphemed and I can't stop.

CAIR!...I need another koran...I'm out of pages on the last one you sent me.

Do you have one with softer pages?

4 posted on 06/03/2007 5:17:54 AM PDT by OldSmaj (Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“Special committees” ??? So THAT’S what they’re calling their groups of car bombers and acid sprayers.


5 posted on 06/03/2007 5:18:13 AM PDT by Sir Hailstone (Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hunter - Protecting you against the pond scum of the universe.)
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To: Zakeet

BTTT


6 posted on 06/03/2007 5:18:18 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: OldSmaj
Yeah, the premium edition with a picture of Mo'hammy on every sheet?

I'll be needing a few of those, too.

7 posted on 06/03/2007 5:20:48 AM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: Allegra

You better but a veil ping!


8 posted on 06/03/2007 5:23:22 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)
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To: Arrowhead1952
You better but a veil ping!

I will take great pleasure in defying that fat boy loser. Wo, by the way, holds no public position of authority in Iraq. No veil for this Christian and Mookie can stuff it. ;-)

9 posted on 06/03/2007 5:30:21 AM PDT by Allegra (Socks.)
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To: Zakeet

The man who would allow illegal invaders from Mexico should grant immediate refugee status to any non-Mulsim from an Islamic Shiekdom who wishes to emigrate here.

The Bush Administration should be pressured on this subject.


10 posted on 06/03/2007 5:30:45 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Sir Hailstone

I think Mookie needs to be wearing a shroud.


11 posted on 06/03/2007 5:33:06 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: Zakeet

Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shiite cleric should be pushing up daisies, not pushing a pen.


12 posted on 06/03/2007 5:35:19 AM PDT by b4its2late (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: Zakeet
"A letter signed by the Mahdi Army linked to Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shiite cleric who the United States considers the greatest threat to security in Iraq..."

Who could have been dead long ago, but for some strange reason has been allowed to continue on with his Iranian funded terrorist ways...

At least he is consistant with all the other Islamic crsades going on around the world slaughtering Christians, which seems to coincide with the goals of the UN to do the same, which is why they say nothing about it, even going as far as to say, "genocide? what genocide? I don't see any genocide.." (Koffee Annan-2006)

13 posted on 06/03/2007 5:41:44 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Zakeet

Lovely.


14 posted on 06/03/2007 5:42:36 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Allegra

Good Afternoon Allegra.
Be careful when going out on the streets.


15 posted on 06/03/2007 5:46:24 AM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
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To: ZULU

The Bush Administration should be Ashamed of themselves and their Arrogant abuse of office and Betrayal of the American People.

By the way ,No Muslim should be allowed to immigrate to this Country, they Defile our Laws , People and way of Life,not to mention they worship Death.

P.S. I voted for George II twice, Aggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!


16 posted on 06/03/2007 5:50:02 AM PDT by chatham
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To: Zakeet
To bring international attention to the plight of Iraqi Christians, in danger of extinction Ankawa.com - based in Sweden - launched a protest march to be held this afternoon in Stockholm, in which exiled Iraq Christians took part as well as other religious minorities who have fled Iraq

While I'm sure a march in Sweden will make those in Sweden feel better..there's only one real simple solution.

A infantry "grunt" and one bullet! Then roll the body over into a sewer.

Turn the boys loose fight this like a war.

17 posted on 06/03/2007 5:54:36 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: ZULU
This stupid "war on terror" was exposed as a complete fraud the day the U.S. allowed the Iraqi government to adopt a new constitution in which Islam is enshrined as the official state religion.

For the life of me, I can't imagine why any intelligent conservative still believes there is any rationalization for this U.S. military campaign over there.

18 posted on 06/03/2007 6:03:36 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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19 posted on 06/03/2007 6:16:47 AM PDT by SJackson (Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything, Andre Malraux)
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To: chatham

Ditto

“P.S. I voted for George II twice, Aggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh”

So did I. I campaigned for the guy - even worse.

But what was the alternative???


20 posted on 06/03/2007 6:30:13 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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