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2010-10-16 Britain

Islamic face-veil part of 'British way of life'

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Posted by tipper 2010-10-16 16:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 what is Mrs. Malik doing speaking? Her husband should speak for her. Temptress! Whore!

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-16 17:15|| 2010-10-16 17:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Thieves disguised under full veiling? There's your practicality right there.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-16 18:05|| 2010-10-16 18:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd suggest that a bunch of non-moslem women in normal clothes, but also wearing the head-and-face covering, go into some banks and the Post Office to transact business, go for their driver's license picture, etc. If they're challenged and told to remove their face ~~masks~~ covering, get huffy and demand their "culture" be respected.

Hilarity (and probably, in Britain, in few arrests) would ensue.

Might need to officially start the "religion" first. Not sure what to name it - "Church of the Sub-Genius" is already taken. "Church of the BurstMaize" perhaps?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-16 18:07|| 2010-10-16 18:07|| Front Page Top

#4 She has overseen British Council guidance on "intercultural dialogue".

So I take it smiley face multiculty bullshit like this falls under that category?

Posted by tu3031 2010-10-16 19:38|| 2010-10-16 19:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Walking past one of the ICUs this week on my way to see a patient, I saw a woman in a black burqa in the hallway.

It didn't bother me in the least.

If a woman believes that wearing a headscarf, chador or burqa in public is a proper way for her to show her reverence to God, fine, I have no problem.

If a woman is afraid that if she doesn't wear a headscarf, chador or burqa in public that she'll be beaten by her family or the neighborhood hard boys, then I have a problem.

If a woman wears a headscarf, chador or burqa in public as a way to put a stick in the eye of the secular state, then I have a problem.

Ms. Malik proposed a test for the wearing of religious symbols. I just explained mine.

Posted by Steve White 2010-10-16 19:50|| 2010-10-16 19:50|| Front Page Top

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