Many of Egypt's Muslim Women Turn to the Veil

Reuters ^ | Tue January 7, 2003 12:33 PM ET | By Heba Kandil

[vannrox]

Much change. Too much to keep current on.

[Republic of Texas]

" In the end the choice is theirs and no one should question anyone's actions as long as they don't hurt you." "

For now.

[chachacha]

After years of wearing tight trousers and bikinis, partying and drinking alcohol, 29-year-old Maha now wears an Islamic veil and says she has never been happier.

Very interesting and I'm sure were all glad she found religion.

I wonder if she ever thought about wearing a Bomb belt beneath that glamorous wardrobe?

Findng a religion is easy. Findng your sole is much harder. Lets hope she found the later!

[Travis McGee]

Islam speeds up its march back to the seventh century.

Within two years "purity police" will be throwing acid in the faces of uncovered women.

[Arpege92]

"Many Arab Muslims are angered by the perceived predjudice of the west towards Islam, are spurning western standards of dress and culture"


Frankly Egypt.....I don't give a damn. I don't care what women in Egypt are wearing and I don't ever recall hearing the "fashion police" from the west telling you what you should wear either!

[Free ThinkerNY]

I just wish she would turn to the veil!

[Enterprise]

It's easy to find you sole. Look on the bottom of your shoe. It might be a bit harder to find you soul however. It will be much later to find the latter.

[chachacha]

HAHAHA! Thanks for the correction. I think?

[Robert_Paulson2]

damned straight travis.

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this is but one step in the many to come that will legitimize the suicidal religion of islam.

arab men blame wome for their state of arousal. Jesus said that it is the eyes of men, that "are full of adultery", not the skirts, of the women. I guess it's easier to surgically remove the female's sex organs and mutilate her face, than it is to face their own demons... but that is their problem about everything...

they attack us because they claim we "humiliate" them, offend them, and act out of accordance with THEIR convictions... WE MAKE THEM DO their bombings... and WE must therefore be destroyed. Same with everything. Islam is a cult that cops out personal responsibility.

Led zeppelin did a song called "nobody's fault but mine".. the arabic version goes "everybody's fault, but mine" so I guess that makes "kill the infidel" a ok with allah...

hijab should be illegal in the USA.. it poses a security risk. it represents repression to women. it offends lots of ladies, like a KKK outfit offends other minorities... or burning crosses and the confederate flag.

I see women drive with these things on... at least I THINK they are women. Driving with your face covered? Is that legal? apparently ANYTHING is legal if you want to claim it is part of your "religion of peace" right?

Islam cannot be tolerated because as a religion it's cheif tenets demand NO TOLERATION for the "infidels."
As such it is NO RELIGION, but a political cult, posing as a religion for cover to infiltrate and destroy western civilization.

Bush needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Islam is NOT peace it is premeditated murder, waiting to happen.
Tolerating it, is premeditated suicide on our part.

[KellyAdmirer]

When people have no solid internal moral code to impose sense on their otherwise random lives, they seek an external code, however rigid and heinous. It has happened throughout the centuries around the world. These women are finding one.

[Spiritus Gladius]

After years of partying and boozing, she probably looks better in a veil.

[Travis McGee]

I was at Seaworld in San Diego last week and saw an Arab Islmaic family. 45is dad in normal sporty clothes, jeans etc. Kids ditto. Mom was in black from head to toe, with only a one inch by 5 inch eye slit.

I almost lost it, I was going to give the guy a ration but held back, didn't want to embarress his kids or get busted for a hate crime.

I was going to say "you are NOT welcome in this country if your women are in birquas. That offends us just as much as if you were dragging around a black slave by a chain around his neck. Free your woman, or get the hell out of our country!

[Mulder]

Maybe they wear veils out of fear for offending their muslim husbands when they laugh at his "sand gear"

[Mulder]

Islam cannot be tolerated because as a religion it's cheif tenets demand NO TOLERATION for the "infidels." As such it is NO RELIGION, but a political cult, posing as a religion for cover to infiltrate and destroy western civilization.

Islam is not a religion. It is a form of insanity.

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[giznort]

Veil, loose silky robes, or baggy sweat pants and t-shirt; they're probably experiencing that "middle-age spread" and trying to conceal it. Big deal, who cares, forget you.

[maica]

I consider women who choose to dress like that in America are trying to say "Look how much better I am than all you western whorish dressers." They are pathetic, especially if they think all the rules of order should be bent for them - as in driving a car, or even getting a license, if doing so requires a photo ID.

[Capriole]

OK, first let me go on record as saying that I agree that Islam is not a religion but a form of madness in many cases, and I think that people who don't embrace Western values ought to rethink their residency here.

That said, I can understand why some young Muslim women are choosing to wear the veil or don a burqa. I work with three Muslim women (one of whom is my supervisor). One of them, a quite beautiful married mother of five, wears a veil with chic modern western clothing that nevertheless reveals very little of her shape. Another, a fiftyish grandmother, wears a usually black veil with a thigh-length tunic and shapeless trousers. The third, a married lady of 35, wears a floor-length black thing with her face exposed. This last lady, I might add, is one of the most charming, loving, and joyful people I've ever met and I'm quite fond of her.

They all say the same thing: if you don't wear sexy, revealing Western clothing, men can't ogle you; they have to like you or dislike you on the basis of personality, not size of hooters or shape of hind end. They find it very freeing.

And I can see their point. I do historic reenacting for a hobby. On those weekends when I'm at an historic event, my clothes cover me pretty thoroughly. With the high neckline, long sleeves, long skirts, boots, and bonnet I wear, there aren't very many square inches of skin exposed; even my blonde hair is covered. Nobody makes crude suggestions to me when I'm dressed this way; I'm treated like the lady I am. No one can grope me when I'm wearing a cage crinoline and no one can tell if I've put on the odd five pounds. People speak to me with courtesy and respect. Again, it's very freeing.

Now, don't get me wrong. I wear a bikini around the pool and I'm in great shape, so I have nothing to be ashamed of. I wear ordinary business attire for work and church. But I can't help noticing that if you look back at the literature and private correspondence of the nineteenth century you'll see that our ancestors seldom made references to breast size, shape of a woman's rump, shape of legs, etc. It was considered a Big Deal if you could see her shoulders when she appeared at a ball. Women were treated with respect, admiration, even adoration. How things have changed in our culture, where we are sometimes considered just meat to screw these days! I can't blame the women of Islam for wanting to avoid being ogled by disgusting Arab men, who are a thousand times worse about this than American men.

[Jorge]

After years of wearing tight trousers and bikinis, partying and drinking alcohol, 29-year-old Maha now wears an Islamic veil and says she has never been happier.

Good.
It's probably better that we don't have to see what years of "partying and drinking alcohol" have done to Maha.