Support Muslim Women: Wear A Scarf For A Day

IOL ^ | 11-13-2002

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Support Muslim women: wear a scarf for a day

November 13 2002 at 12:42PM

Brisbane - Women across Australia are being urged to show their support for Muslims by wearing a head scarf for a day.

The November 29 campaign was dreamed up by Canberra resident Avigail Abarbanel in response to harassment of Muslim women in Sydney and intelligence raids on the homes of Muslims nationwide.

"There is no rally to attend, no money to donate - all you have to do is put on a scarf for the day," Abarbanel, who is Jewish and served in the Israeli army, said on Wednesday.

"I just wanted to give them the feeling that somebody cares and the more people join me, the more we send a message to people that we do care about them, that we're not going to make them feel marginalised and hated," she said.

'There is no rally to attend, no money to donate' It was not clear whether the campaign would catch on. Abarbanel has received little media attention since coming up with the idea 10 days ago.

Muslims have been abused and spat on since October 12 when terrorist bombs ripped through a crowded nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing nearly 200 people including about 90 Australians.

The raids on Muslim homes were aimed at assessing the strength in Australia of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asia-based radical Muslim group that has been linked to the Bali bombings. - Sapa-AP

[joesnuffy]

Hillary-A Burqa would look good on her!

A tank trac' would look even better...

[Publius6961]

Support a Muslim Man - Beat a Muslim Woman

Darn!
You beat me to it.

Or a retarded American woman pretending to be Muslim?

[wideawake]

Unstickingbelievable! Do you have photos? Which group is this?

[Cable225]

People like this used to be called "useful idiots".

[Dengar01]

Please add BARF ALERT!

[3AngelaD]

I don't know what group it is, or where they are from. Someone once mentioned United Arab Republics, but I'm not sure that person knew what he was talking about. They are definitely Muslim. But if you are interested, an entire tribe of them live in the Landmark Towers buildings on Route 7 (King Street) off of 395 in Alexandria, just south of DC. It really is frightening to be in an elevator with people in metal masks...creepy, in a science-fictionish sort of way.

[wideawake]

Is it just the women with the masks, or is it men too? How about kids (now, that would be extra-creepy)?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Jackass "useful idiots"!

Hey, I've got it.

A chadol or just a simple muslim head covering is NOT ENOUGH for these numbskulls.

Demand these bitches wear the full Afghan burqa, and keep it on over their ugly faces for at least one month.

[3AngelaD]

It's just the women who wear the metal masks (they also wear the kind of robe-like garments common to women in Middle-Eastern countries) and girls after the age of 11-12 or so. The men and boys dress like Americans. It is bizarre.

[aimhigh]

Muslims have been abused and spat on since October 12 when terrorist bombs ripped through a crowded nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing nearly 200 people

200 die, but it's aaaaaaaaaaall about the Muslims. No matter who else dies, they are the victims. Puke alert needed.

[SGCOS]

Support muslim woman..Right.

Give me a f'in break.

[katnip]

It's just the women who wear the metal masks

Ouch, they must get hot in the summer..

[Aquinasfan]

Or perhaps submit to a polygamous marriage, refuse to educate your female children, cook a yummy dinner of (carbohydrate of your choice) and sheeps' eyeballs or chop off the hand of a shop-lifter. Or you could highjack an airliner and fly it into a building.

Now you're talkin'.

[3AngelaD]

Yes, I'm thinking they have problems with needing to exfoliate that you and I can't even imagine. And not to gross you out even more, but, this isn't the cleanest bunch of people I've ever been around either, if you catch my drift. Ahem. There is definitely a BO thing going on there, as well. All in all, not an attractive picture.