Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ban the Burka?

Perhaps.

See Licia Corbella, at Calgary Herald, "More evidence why the West should ban the burka" (via Blazing Cat Fur):
"Women who do not wear head scarves are being threatened with violence and even death by Islamic extremists . . .," states opening sentence of an April 18 story in the Daily Mail in Britain.

Sadly, nothing unusual there, except that these threats are being made to non-Muslim women. Again, this is not unusual, since that happens throughout much of the Islamic world that imposes rules about dress on all women, regardless of their religion.

What makes the above news so disturbing is the women who are being threatened with violence and even death by Islamic extremists for not wearing a hijab (the Muslim head covering) and a veil (the niqab) are non-Muslim women living in . . . wait for it . . . Great Britain. Yes, you read that correctly. Non-Muslim women in a free and democratic country are being threatened with violence or death in a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood of London, no less.
But hey, no need to worry about creeping sharia in the West.

RTWT.

2 comments:

Mr. Mcgranor said...

Maybe--but i see no reason to suggest the same for their head-scarfs. Perhaps long dresses/skirts and a proper blouse can be a subtitute for the Muslima robe?

Mr. Mcgranor said...

... But, then again - you just want them naked..?

Keep the Muslima Robe. Although i suggest more color choices then black.