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Originally posted by bommer09
I thought this website was about denying ignorance.
It is ignorant to tell somebody what they can or cannot wear.
For God's sake it is her religion!
If her religion told her to walk around naked that's her right. Of course then it wouldn't be about women it would be objectifying them, and everyone would mandate laws that women cover up (oh wait, we already have those in most places..decency laws)
I'm just saying let her wear a head scarf. You know, instead of being totalitarian.
Originally posted by 23refugee
reply to post by Armin
The hajib is comparable to the head dress of some Catholic nuns, but which order of nuns wears anything comparable to a burqa?
I was under the impression that nuns were shorn or cover their hair in denial of vanity as a woman's hair is her glory. The uniform is to identify her as a bride of Christ.
Originally posted by Armin
It is one of the great ironies of our world today that the very same headscarf revered as a sign of 'holiness' when worn for the purpose of showing the authority of man by Catholic Nuns, is reviled as a sign of 'oppression' when worn for the purpose of protection by Muslim women.
Actually, I was refering to the somber clothes, just like the preists wear.
Originally posted by Armin
Originally posted by 23refugee
reply to post by Armin
The hajib is comparable to the head dress of some Catholic nuns, but which order of nuns wears anything comparable to a burqa?
I was under the impression that nuns were shorn or cover their hair in denial of vanity as a woman's hair is her glory. The uniform is to identify her as a bride of Christ.
So, "the uniform" (veil) that the Mother of Jesus wore, it was to identify herself as a bride to her own son? I am disgusted..
Originally posted by Demetre
I hear a bunch of hate. Hate, prejudice and bigotry. I hate. I hate that were far from becoming one. All who talk about ur
right to freedoms but are so quick to deny others of theirs.
Ppl should have private liberties free from outside interference. They should be able to express their personal taste without being hindered by anyone else.
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To manipulate men, to propel them towards goals which you- the social reformer- see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.
personnal taste ?? are you kidding ? what is their personnal touch with burqa ?? they are all the same, robots like KKK with their outfit !! can you recognize them out of ten of them ? no !! so what do you speak about " personnal " ?? there is nothing personnal or human in this dressing ! black ghosts are they, we do not want that in OUR streets ok ? specially not in Europ where we got the French Revolution which means we are all brothers and sisters together, do brothers and sisters hide for each other ??? Freedom means OPEN society, not a closed one with dark black structures !!!
They're chipping away at Our freedoms and getting away with it....dont be surprised...
Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
reply to post by Dock9
You are incorrect. Burqas were only required in Afghanistan. Even Iran does not enforce the burqa. Women are only required to cover their bodies and hair. The burqa is completely a choice (though granted, some men do force their wives to wear it).
Originally posted by Dock9
Number Three: the burqua is offensive in the extreme -- on several different levels
Originally posted by Dock9
Christians have been forced to remove Christmas trees, to cancel Christmas plays in schools, etc. and there's a move to cancel the traditional 'Happy Christmas' greetings in cards and on shop-fronts and adopt instead 'Happy Holidays' and the like
However, at the same time Brits are being forced to dismantle their own culture in their own land because it might offend Muslims --