Nei pressi del villaggio di Khamis Mushayt (Arabia Saudita), le donne vivono vitanaturaldurante col volto coperto da velo. E questa non è una novità.
Una di esse ha chiesto il divorzio dal marito. E questa, per essere in Arabia Saudita, è già una bella novità.
Il motivo del divorzio è stato l’ azzardo, da parte dell’ uomo, [...]
the niqab and burqa should both be banned on security grounds, "as one cannot have faceless persons walking the streets, driving cars, or otherwise entering public spaces."
For the Modern Muslim Woman: Lifting the Veil Using a 'Bluetooth Burqa' -
International -SPIEGEL ONLINE - News:
"Can a burqa be sexy? Markus Kison, a Berlin-based artist has invented a digitally-enabled robe that will send an image of a woman's face -- or anything else -- via Bluetooth."
via twenty1f.com - fashion for the 21st century
A slight case of writers block, and a lack of available time, has prevented my writing any feature articles. So in the mean time I’ll post interesting new items I come across.
What Islamabad’s don’t know how to have fun?
Pakistan bans staging play satirising burqa
ISLAMABAD - Irate Islamist lawmakers persuaded the Pakistan government on Thursday to stop a theatre group staging a satirical play about the burqa, the all-covering head-to-toe garment worn by conservative Muslim women.
“Burqavaganza” played earlier this month during an arts festival in Lahore, the eastern city regarded as Pakistan’s cultural capital, and home to some of the most liberal and most puritanical parts of the Muslim nation’s society.
“The burqa is part of our culture. We can’t allow anyone to ridicule our culture,” Culture Minister Sayed Ghazi Gulab Jamal told the National Assembly.
The minister announced that the government had barred the play, which had already ended its run
This is my second contribution to Blog Against Sexism and International Women's Day:America sees Islamic radicalism largely as an International problem, except when traveling on an airplane.But in Europe it is more of a domestic problem. For a lot of reasons there are a lot of Muslims in Europe and more are streaming in. There are predictions that within fifty years Europe will be Islamic. In every major European city there is a second city which is Islamic—a city run by the Quran. Shari’a rules in parts of Europe. There are neighborhoods where French girls cannot go without wearing a burqa or hijab without fear of being raped.Back in the day when most Americans did not appreciate that George Bush is a block head, France and Europe were perceived as coddlers of terrorism. Remember the ban on Gallic trans-fats and French kissing?But in actuality, they are very concerned about radical Islam. Europeans are horrified by the mutant totalitarianism, they cannot look upon it with inno
