ProWomanProLife (Free subscription) | yesterday
People who say the monarchy is useless haven’t heard about this lady. Queen Rania, who regularly appears without head-scarf, let alone hijab, has given her quiet support to women’s rights groups who want to change laws amounting to legal impunity for men involved in honour killings. Standing against her is another [...]
MR's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
British Muslims are very interesting Source Related posts:Georgia Judge jails Muslim woman for refusing to take off her HijabMuslim Woman Asked to Leave Line at a Navy Federal Credit Union Because of Head ScarfPowerful pictures of the suffering of Muslims in China Related posts: Georgia Judge jails Muslim woman for refusing to take off her Hijab Muslim Woman Asked to Leave Line at a Navy...
Paulo Coehlo's Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... about the role of Islam in Europe involved issues other than religion. The 2004 French ban on head scarves in schools was about the submission of women; the 2005 publication of Danish cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad was about free speech. A minaret, by contrast, is no more and no less than a symbol. Other religious symbols draw protest — a nativity scene in front of City...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to make it more difficult for all Danes to marry all foreigners. The French, realizing that the head scarf had become a symbol of political affiliation in some French schools, found themselves limiting the rights of all students to wear religious clothing, including yarmulkes, to school. There is, therefore, nothing especially Swiss, or especially isolationist, about last week's referendum...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... on other ideas. These political ideas of Islam have their symbols: the minaret, the crescent; the head scarf, and the sword. The minaret is a symbol of Islamist supremacy, a token of domination that came to symbolize Islamic conquest. It was introduced decades after the founding of Islam. In Europe, as in other places in the world where Muslims settle, the places of worship are simple...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... on other ideas. These political ideas of Islam have their symbols: the minaret, the crescent; the head scarf, and the sword. The minaret is a symbol of Islamist supremacy, a token of domination that came to symbolize Islamic conquest. It was introduced decades after the founding of Islam. In Europe, as in other places in the world where Muslims settle, the places of worship are simple...
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... on other ideas. These political ideas of Islam have their symbols: the minaret, the crescent; the head scarf, and the sword. The minaret is a symbol of Islamist supremacy, a token of domination that came to symbolize Islamic conquest. It was introduced decades after the founding of Islam. In Europe, as in other places in the world where Muslims settle, the places of worship are simple...
The Lost Girls (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... and country for myself. Here is a little bit about what I learned in Morocco 1. Hijab – The Head Scarf After talking to two Moroccan female students the most important cultural difference I learned was the most women in Morocco wear a head scarf for cultural reasons, NOT religious reasons. So, many times in Morocco women will wear modern clothes with a head...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Lindhout lived the daring life of an international correspondent ... a modern-day Hemingway in head scarves and mascara.” To be the heir to Ernest Hemingway’s pen would be a burden for anyone, but not our intrepid Amanda Lindhout. After all, as the Star breathlessly explains, she “ran with street children in Calcutta and shot the breeze with Pakistani police officers...
