Muslim woman 'abused' over dress
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Muslim woman tells a court she was asked if she was a terrorist and a murderer by a hotelier, because she was wearing Islamic dress.
Arab Dress: A Short History: From the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times (Themes in Islamic Studies, V. 2)
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Muslim woman tells a court she was asked if she was a terrorist and a murderer by a hotelier, because she was wearing Islamic dress.
Overview Petitions (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Multiple scientific studies easily accessed on the internet show that possibly 90% of Muslim women who wear burkas, veils and cover their bodies with sheet like garments (usually by religious/legal decree and against their will) suffer from severe vitamin D deficiency which in some cases can be severe and debilitating, not only to these women, but also their unborn children who suffer from a wide...
Overview Petitions (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Multiple scientific studies easily accessed on the internet show that possibly 90% of Muslim women who wear burkas and veils (usually by religious decree and against their will) suffer from severe vitamin D deficiency which in some cases can be severe and debilitating, not only to these women, but also their unborn children who suffer from a wide range of ills and physical deformities at birth because...
Overview Petitions (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Multiple scientific studies easily accessed on the internet show that possibly 90% of Muslim women who wear burkas and veils (usually by religious decree and against their will) suffer from severe vitamin D deficiency which in some cases can be severe and debilitating, not only to these women, but also their unborn children who suffer from a wide range of ills and physical deformities at birth because...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
A MUSLIM convert was reduced to tears after being asked by a Christian hotelier in Liverpool if she was a terrorist and a murderer because she was wearing traditional Islamic dress, a court has heard.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A MUSLIM convert was reduced to tears after being asked by a Christian hotelier in Liverpool if she was a terrorist and a murderer because she was wearing traditional Islamic dress, a court has heard.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hotel owners deny threatening, abusive and insulting tirade against Muslim convert, 60, who wore traditional Islamic dress A Muslim convert was asked by the owners of a hotel she was staying in if she was a terrorist because she was wearing a hijab, a court heard today. Ericka Tazi, 60, told Liverpool magistrates court she faced a tirade of abuse from Benjamin Vogelenzang and his wife,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Muslim woman tells a court she was asked if she was a terrorist and a murderer by a hotelier, because she was wearing Islamic dress.
A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | yesterday
The BBC reports that at a court hearing it was revealed that a Muslim woman was asked by a Christian hotelier if she was a terrorist and a murderer because she was wearing Islamic dress. The hotelier is alleged to have been abusive using threatening or insulting words which were religiously aggravated. And there's more! The man may be from a Christian background but he appears to have...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and likened him to Saddam Hussein and Hitler. And his 54-year-old wife told Mrs Tazi her Islamic dress represented "oppression" and was a form of "bondage", the court heard. It is not clear to me why the above statements should be against the law, or why one should be required to defend them in court. But, if you look at the deference the state is willing to extend...
KABOBfest (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... apparently unaware of Fulla , decided to introduce the Burqa Barbie. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby’s for Save The Children. More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy. Of course, not everyone shares my enthusiasm for this. The outcry has...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... The exhibition is sponsored by toy company Mattel, Barbie's owner. Dolls wearing "traditional Islamic dress" -- the burkas and chadors -- were chosen to be auctioned off by Sotheby's as a fundraiser for the Italian branch of Save the Children. Some real Burqa Barbies - if they don't wear the burqa they might be killed - or face being attacked with acid. A Barbie collector...
ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... is sponsored by toy company Mattel, Barbie’s owner. Dolls wearing “traditional Islamic dress”—the burkas and chadors—were chosen to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s as a fundraiser for the Italian branch of Save the Children. A Barbie collector attending the exhibition from England opined: “Bring it on, Burka Barbie ... I think this is really...
Vlad Tepes (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... The exhibition is sponsored by toy company Mattel, Barbie’s owner. Dolls wearing “traditional Islamic dress” — the burkas and chadors — were chosen to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s as a fundraiser for the Italian branch of Save the Children. A Barbie collector attending the exhibition from England opined: “Bring it on, Burka Barbie … I think this is really important for girls. Wherever...