Posted on 05/13/2016 5:46:48 AM PDT by detective
The New York Times recently published a “guide“ to Muslim headscarves. The article intended to illuminate an Islamic concept that promotes modesty, but the associated images showed styles specific to a few countries and all of the silhouettes were faceless. These types of portrayals can contribute to a misperception among some that Muslim women who don the headscarf may lack agency.
In today’s political climate, the headscarf has become more than just a spiritual symbol of modesty. At one point, women working in government positions were not allowed to wear it in Turkey. In France, the niqab — a version of the headscarf that covers the face — is banned. In the field of counterterrorism, some view the headscarf as a manifestation of extremism. And as the number of Islamophobic attacks continues to rise in the United States so, too, does the fear among Muslim women, especially those who wear hijab, that they’ll be victims of violence.
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This deserves a barf alert
Simple misstatement. . .ANY representation by a muslime is an expression of hate, terror and misogyny.
Simple.
You see any overt expression, visual or otherwise, of the death cult and you should be offended for what it represents.
Yours is the post of the day. Very well stated.
Muslims believe males have pure hearts but women work for the dark side, causing men to sin. Women are bagged up to keep the demon cooties from getting out.
>>Muslim women can be just as dangerous.
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!
from Kipling’s The Young British Soldier
http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1799.html
‘the number of Islamophobic attacks continues to rise in the United States’
REALLY? I would like to see an accounting of the number of attacks on Muslims in the United States! Come on, put your money where your mouth is!
Agree.
Quote my whole post. Taking one paragraph out of context is dishonest. My second paragraph shows what I think of Islam
I’ve only run into one muzzie woman in full bee keeper regalia in my smallish city.
I ran into her in a Michael’s store. (a crafts store)
I was glad I was wearing shorts, a rather snug tee shirt and with long hair flowing freely. It was kinda like ‘take THIS, you idiot.’
I made a point of giving her a hard stare.
She gave me a quick once over and walked away. (probably thinking how she’d like to behead that infidel)
Read my entire post. The second paragraph says what I think of issuance. Intellectual dishonesty on your part
These days that certainly is true.
But they would be anyway, hijab or not.
I know women who are Christian who wear scarves on their heads.
Read my second paragraph. The head scarve is not the issue. Burgas and niqabs are a different story
Or maybe deep down inside, jealous.
At the turn of the last century, 1901, women's swimsuits covered them from knee to shoulder for much the same reason.
Muslims only take that covering a couple of steps further. For much the same reason.< / sarcasm >
lol Could be
Re-read my point: Anything associated with muslimes is offensive.
Now that’s funny...
Islam is not a religon. It is a scam created by a degenerate to give him license to indulge his perversions. Nothing more.
No need to get testy. I was hardly being dishonest. I simply quoted your statement about hijabs, responded with my own belief about why I find hijabs objectionable, as opposed to headgear from other religions.
Adding my own thoughts about Islam was in no way meant to suggest that you approve of it.
Yes, no woman in her right mind wants to wear a hijab and a long black body sack everyday.
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