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A Burka is Not for Spring Break
David Horowitz's News Real Blog ^ | April 14, 2010 | Ben-Peter Terpstra

Posted on 04/14/2010 6:24:46 PM PDT by AustralianConservative

Picture me on the Eurostar, in Brussels, Belgium. The year is 2004. There’s a veil-wearing lady sitting behind me with her friend. Like most women of a certain age, they’re chattering their heads off. Later, however, the loud conversation takes a sharp turn, when the Muslim lady pontificates about the superiority of Islam and the evils of paganism. But, if I had been sharing my Protestant beliefs?

From a theological perspective, there’s nothing wrong with Muslims or Christians peacefully evangelizing. I am a friend of free speech. But the subject of clothing politics (for want of a better term) is more complex. Why? Well, for starters, there’s a world of difference between a lady sharing her faith and wearing it in public. Are identity-covering clothes from the full-face niqab to the burka signs of oppression or freedom?

(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; burka; burkha; burqa; culturaljihad; europe; hijab; islam; niqab; stealthjihad
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1 posted on 04/14/2010 6:24:46 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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To: AustralianConservative

Nice.


2 posted on 04/14/2010 6:27:00 PM PDT by EggsAckley ( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
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To: AustralianConservative

Oppression


3 posted on 04/14/2010 6:28:57 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: AustralianConservative

Spring Break Clubs ought to have Wet Burkha Contests!


4 posted on 04/14/2010 6:31:13 PM PDT by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
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To: AustralianConservative

And I happen to like wearing my Richard Nixon mask when I go to the bank... < /sarcasm>


5 posted on 04/14/2010 6:40:14 PM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: AustralianConservative

Great read.

In my view, the burka is nothing but the Mohammedan’s version of the KKK’s white hood. It represents a political symbol of Muslim supremacy. (Or at least they think it does...)


6 posted on 04/14/2010 6:50:08 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: AustralianConservative
Wonder what you would see if a muslim burka wearer stepped out of a fun house and got a blast of air up her burka! Anything like Marilyn Monroe?

How about someone who wanted to wear a white burka with a pointed dunce cap!

7 posted on 04/14/2010 6:50:22 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Obama's vision for America...Green shoots and skittles, where pancakes grow on fritter trees.)
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And I happen to like wearing my Richard Nixon mask when I go to the bank... < /sarcasm>

No, they would consider that a holdup. Put an Obama mask on.

8 posted on 04/14/2010 6:55:19 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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9 posted on 04/14/2010 7:00:28 PM PDT by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
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To: AustralianConservative

cultural jihad bump


10 posted on 04/14/2010 7:04:43 PM PDT by Dajjal (Justice Robert Jackson was wrong -- the Constitution IS a suicide pact.)
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To: AustralianConservative

Islam was designed to be incompatible with Christianity in order to create identity and force conformity in the long run.

The only survivors must be prepared to be as personally, individually and autonomously as vicious as they are.


11 posted on 04/14/2010 7:11:22 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: Dinah Lord

In my view, the burka is nothing but the Mohammedan’s version of the KKK’s white hood. It represents a political symbol of Muslim supremacy. (Or at least they think it does...)

^^^
Good point.


12 posted on 04/14/2010 7:16:41 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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To: AustralianConservative
A Burka is Not for Spring Break

Sure it is.


The Burqini

13 posted on 04/14/2010 7:19:58 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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So THAT's what happens when the Tella-Tubbies grow up!!!

Who'd a thought!
14 posted on 04/14/2010 7:39:14 PM PDT by time4good
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To: AustralianConservative

I guess since it is acceptable to dress up lie a tent with eye holes can I claim discrimination if I dress up as a Ninja? It would be soooooo cool to go grocery shopping as a Ninja, I bet the clerk will even take my coupons and double them even if it ain't double coupon day.

I was thinking of making a bumper sticker with a picture of a Ninja's head with the caption " Only Ninjas should look like this!"

15 posted on 04/14/2010 11:21:17 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Bigg Red

<< In my view, the burka is nothing but the Mohammedan’s version of the KKK’s white hood. It represents a political symbol of Muslim supremacy. (Or at least they think it does...) >>

To me it is just as offensive as a Swastika Arm Band, or a white KKK hood and uniform. Cultural sensitivity my ass, it is cultural appeasement of the most dangerous kind. We live in a country where women are their own property like any other sentient human of legal age. We should NEVER tolerate a culture which by definition is intolerant of INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS.


16 posted on 04/14/2010 11:25:13 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: AustralianConservative
Are identity-covering clothes from the full-face niqab to the burka signs of oppression or freedom?

I would say neither. It's an in-your-face political gesture, a middle finger directed at the infidels.

17 posted on 04/14/2010 11:33:36 PM PDT by denydenydeny (The welfare state turns us all into zoo animals, mouths open, waiting for the next feeding.)
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To: EggsAckley

I thought the pic was a cracker.


18 posted on 04/15/2010 4:14:21 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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To: Jemian

Yes, oppression, or Allah’s will, as some call it.


19 posted on 04/15/2010 4:15:43 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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To: central_va

Ha. Ha. That’s very funny. Good one.


20 posted on 04/15/2010 4:16:26 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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