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| Arab Press: Lift scarf ban! | |
| 2004-07-13 | |
Activists launched a campaign yesterday to protect the right of Muslim women in Europe to wear Islamic headscarves. The issue of the hijab has sparked controversy across the continent and underlined sharp divisions over integrating Muslims. Some 250 delegates from 14 countries congregated at London’s City Hall under the banner of a pro-hijab pressure group to campaign over what they see as human rights violations. Among their most vociferous supporters was leading Muslim theologian Yusuf Al Qaradawi who called on France to overturn a ban on headscarves in schools, due to begin in September. "The ban evokes a ghetto mentality," he told the conference. You are antagonising Muslims.
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| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
#11 Arab Press: Lift scarf ban!Normal people: Lift the scarf and ban it! You are antagonising MuslimsOh, goody! The ban is having its intended effect. Now if the religion of beheading would just quit antagonising non-moslems.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-13 6:12:55 PM |
| #10 I'm always impressed by their consistency - they are able, amid the din of war and screaming gurgles of beheading victims, to focus on the truly important shit: Mooslim Victimology 101. You gotta admire such single-mindedness. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-13 3:02:31 PM |
| #9 Maybe the French should protest that non-Muslim women in Arab countries be allowed to walk around bare headed. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-07-13 12:21:19 PM |
| #8 The muslim "opression" reflex is a just a wedge, like ed sez, to attack the soft underbelly of western civilization. It ranks up there with Chilkoot Charlie's logic: We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 11:37:30 AM |
| #7 Muslims seem to be the first to claim they are being persecuted. And the first to persecute others. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-07-13 10:48:48 AM |
| #6 Howard/Spot-There's a lot in that movie that makes me think of these lunatics; blind obedience to a cause one doesn't understand comes to mind... |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-13 9:34:06 AM |
| #5 I see this as a wedge issue, where Muslim leaders a non-outrageuous demand that unites the Muslim population but doesn't horrify and disgust the majority non-muslim population. It is much more difficult to demonstrate ,demand, threaten for oppression of non-Muslims, forced marriage to cousins, female genital mutilation, honor killings, and all the other large and small things that makes Muslims loved the world over. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-13 9:27:04 AM |
| #4 I stand duly corrected. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-13 8:56:37 AM |
| #3 I'd like to see them campaign for the right of muslim women in the Magic Kingdom NOT to wear the scarf. (sorry to be a snark Howard, but "help, I'm being repressed" was from the Holy Grail:) |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-07-13 8:47:32 AM |
| #2 Definitely a threat, John. There are some poisonous w*nkers in that community. Why they want to rock the status quo in the UK is beyond me. They get all they want and more besides. Reminds me of The Life of Brian - Palin's character shouting: 'Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!' Change the bloody record! |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-13 5:31:51 AM |
| #1 I'm not sure this is the best method for combating Islamism - but this time I will invoke France's right to do things in their own country as they see fit. Ha. Also I couldn't help notice that they had to throw in the old classic line: "You are antagonising Muslims" No matter how many times I see this in a newspaper, it never fails to annoy me. Is that a threat? Or just the usual seetheing and whining? Probably a little bit of both - just the standard operating procedure, the old fall back line, the default position for Muslim spokespeople. They trot it out in every press release and the reporters and editors never fail to swallow it unquestioningly. |
| Posted by: John in Tokyo 2004-07-13 5:06:09 AM |