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Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman

Anniqua Rana January 7, 2006

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#65 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on January 9, 2006 12:48:04 pm
#63, malik99, {``salim sahib, ...and if it is all about freedom from the shackles of cloth, then please remember that shoaib is still being governed by the dress code imposed on him by the cricket boardI bet he would deliver 200 km/h if he were not constrained by shirt and pants. ``}

Mailk Sahib,
Good point about clothes, lack of clothes, and speed of bowling. Don`t go overboard, however, at some point the disappearance of clothing becomes a hindrance rather than a help - even for Shoaib Akhtar. :) The bat usually belongs to the batsman.
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#66 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on January 9, 2006 12:51:10 pm
#62, kulharee, {``Whoever questions other peoples’ morality doesn’t possess any of his own to begin with. Faith is a little more than a little piece of flush (I would hope). Let me share a secret – if you have seen one pair of boobs, you have seen them all. After about 10 minutes they all look the same.``}

Kulharee Bhai,
Your comment about morality is very logical. As for the boobs, heck after 10 minutes of gazing, one starts to notice the dissimilarities between the right and the left - on the same person. :)
Happy New Year to you and yours.
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#67 Posted by ssquare on January 9, 2006 5:01:14 pm
By the passage of time, just as it should have occurred in order to bring the day of reseurrection more and more closer, morality and moral values are becoming as non existent as anything else. Just as you wont expect the leaves to remain green in autumn, one cannot expect a more diminishing intensity of a common man to values and rituals which have been proving themselves divine and naturalistic over the course of infinite times and ages. This inability to understand the obvious and get by the side of those proven ideas, the sickly nature of today’s average person to oppose whatever the ancestors remained clung to just for the sake of sounding different, modern, unique, and even sarcastic has left the few like me utterly bewildered as to how come the proven be denied so brazenly.

Anyhow, however the world behaves and in whichever form against the most suitable, secure, sane and sedative of all the traditions, a simple answer, if one has the courage to be honest, from one’s own self is bound to give the answer that:
“traditions are both healthy and unhealthy, and only healthy traditions have the right to be followed and spreaded as compared to the otherwise will of common folk. And the bottom line reads that hijaab is one such healthy tradition that needs to be followed specifically by Muslim women and generally by all the rest in order to ensure the protection of their modesty and chastity.
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#68 Posted by Bina_Shah on January 9, 2006 7:32:16 pm
#67

I`d love it if you could provide me with a detailed analysis (scientific method, please, including hypothesis, method, and results) of how women weairng hijab has solved such social ills as

- rape
- murder
- pedophilia
- drug abuse
- corruption
- robbery
- traffic accidents

We could start with the proposition that in societies where women are all veiled, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Afghanistan, these ills have been eliminated from modern society.

Thank you!
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#69 Posted by malik99 on January 9, 2006 10:17:05 pm
#68

I`d love it if you could provide me with a detailed analysis (scientific method, please, including hypothesis, method, and results) of how women NOT weairng hijab has solved such social ills as

- rape
- murder
- pedophilia
- drug abuse
- corruption
- robbery
- traffic accidents

We could start with the proposition that in societies where women are NOT veiled, such as US, Mexico, and Brazil, these ills have been eliminated from modern society.

Thank you!
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#70 Posted by MantoLives on January 10, 2006 3:33:22 am

So Malik99, I take it that you feel women should be forced to wear the Hijab?
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#71 Posted by Kulharee on January 10, 2006 6:50:31 am
Hijab is yet another one of those symbols of Arabic imperialism. Over the past 2 decades, Abaya usage has been on the rise in Pakistan, and the sight of females supporting an Abaya, which was rare, is now becoming more and more common. You go to Anarkali bazaar and you see bunch of goats wearing tents. For crying out loud, when was Abaya part of Lahori culture? It is despicably sickening. Tomorrow these women might start wearing those welding masks to hide their eyes, like the ones in Saudi Arabia, that make women look like batman.

Parda/Abaya/Hijab is the single biggest sign of female oppression in the Islamic world. The practice of it is akin to rape of women at scale unimaginable.

Lucky for us, there are still some sane voices left in Pakistan who will never let Pakistan turn into a Saudi Arabia or Iran.
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#71 Posted by Zeena on January 10, 2006 6:50:31 am
#47 by Morningdew
You certainly are angry at me. Why?B/c you`re the one who started presuming, I am angry? I di not presume you to be angry. So, if, someone gives a logic to your mullhaish kind of Pseudo Islam or Neo Islam, it becomes a threat and challenge for angry mullhas like yourself and then you start attacking them in a state of great PROJECTION AND REACTION FORMATION IN A GREAT DENIAL.

So, for you the only solution for women kind is to wear hijab?
How about prostitutes in Pakistan? You know, they wear hijab as well. They always wear burqa to protect themselves. What are your comments on those prostitutes wearing hijab or burqa?

Well, in my point of view, if, those prostitutes choose to wear burqa or hijab, let them wear out of their own choice. As for as prostitution is, that is their profession. Again, if they are not forced in to this profession. If, they are forced in to this profession, then all my sympathies for them.

Again, hijab is just a cultural thing. Don`t make it an Islamic symbol of integrity. To wear a TENT or NOT should be woman`s own choice. You are no one to degrade any other women by calling them ANGRY , if, they don`t wish to submmit to your commands of wearing hijab.

My whole point is, if, some women choose to wear this piece of cloth. By all means ,but, they should not push or force others to wear it. They should not start labelling this thing as an IDENTITY for muslim woman. Why muslim women need IDENTITY?
Are they different species than the rest of the women of this world? Are they ugly? Are they retards? Are they stupids? or Are they the prettiest? or are they the most pious? In, that case, why majority of them do not like to wear , what they wear? Majority of them wear, b/c their families brainwash them to do so. B/c they have a fear of their families.
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#72 Posted by Zeena on January 10, 2006 7:36:34 am
on side note:-The question is do Muslim hijabi prostitutes charge more than non-Hijabi prostitutes?
I guess, they do. B/c they are more pious by wearing hijab.
And, they are Muslim hijabi prostitutes, which makes them superior by submitting to commands of mullahs. BTW, they also serve to the commands of men and thats exactly, what mullahs wish from their female counterparts.

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#73 Posted by Zeena on January 10, 2006 7:43:49 am
And, also another side note:-
Why thieves and dacoits wear hijab?
So, it makes them more pious.
Well, in that case, thieves and dacoits are more closer to God. Again, my question is, muslim dacoits and thieves wear hijab so, that makes them closer to Allah?
I guess so, if, they are muslims.
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#74 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on January 10, 2006 9:19:44 am
#71, Kulharee {``Tomorrow these women might start wearing those welding masks to hide their eyes, like the ones in Saudi Arabia, that make women look like batman.``}

Kulharee Payee,
You come across more as the Robin type. :)
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#75 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on January 10, 2006 9:20:42 am
#73, Zeena {``Why thieves and dacoits wear hijab?
``}

Zeena,
LOL - that was funny and to the point. :)
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#76 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on January 10, 2006 9:23:30 am
The wearing of hijab, veils, and burkas should be outlawed - except in the case of professors of ebonics and hyper caffeine peddlers, for whom it should be made mandatory.
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#77 Posted by Vendetta on January 10, 2006 1:37:04 pm
So... what`s the problem with hijab again?
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#78 Posted by Vendetta on January 10, 2006 1:41:25 pm
Hmmm... Zeena seems angry to me.... Try yoga, it`ll help you relax... or cut out the caffeine that Salim seems to be imbibing. :)
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#79 Posted by Zeena on January 10, 2006 6:17:35 pm
Vendetta aka morningdew
I can do the same cheap thrill to come up with multiple nicks. But, I won`t, that makes me feel dishonest with myself to deceive internet usage. I have my own principles , and , one of them is to have courage to come up with only one nick, thanks
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