tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post6239935536027196107..comments2024-03-22T00:51:38.986-07:00Comments on Islam in Europe: France: No difference between veil and burqaEstherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06697128144253268996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-65794989429132844982008-07-17T01:27:00.000-07:002008-07-17T01:27:00.000-07:00That's awesome that they're appealing the decision...That's awesome that they're appealing the decision to nullify that marriage on the basis of the bride not being a virgin. That was so Shariah. I don't have a problem with nullifying a marriage based on fraud, but nowhere in a marriage contract should the word "virginity" or any synonym be allowed, as this suggests that women are property, commodities, and just vaginas rather than actual human beings, and it reinforces that unbelievably creepy pedophilic obsession with virginity. If these women are allowed to have sex before marriage, mark my word: there will be fewer Arabs. We've all seen the Abu Ghraib pics. You know what I'm talking about. Plus it places their lives in danger, and the fact is that these women are not having consentual sex with boyfriends; they're getting raped by their brothers and fathers.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that there is no difference between the moderate Iranian headscarf which shows some hair and a burka, except that any head covering which restricts one's vision is grounds for arrest when driving. The point is that it's a dehumanizing symbol of slavery, designed to deprive women of all of their dignity, identity, and power, as well as being a symbol of pride in one's abominable genocidal beliefs. If you can't walk down the street in a big swastika you shouldn't be allowed to wear one of those disgusting things on your head. Period. I have a visceral hatred of them. It also constantly reminds me, not just of the perpetual psychological, emotional, and physical abuse of Muslim women, but also of the increasing radicalization of the Muslim population, since nobody wore those things 30 years ago. Muslims saw those things the way they saw 90-year-old Russian biddies in babushkas, to paraphrase Mark Steyn. Gross. France did the right thing, albeit way too little, way too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com