I assume she was Muslim because she had the head to toe garb on with only her face showing. The forecast high for today is 97 degrees and she has to cover head to toe except for face. And the clothes have to be black. All because some guy 1400 years ago started a religion. It's sad, awful and patently ridiculous.
So a Muslim woman sits next to me on the bus today...
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It's sad but true that some really would respond to a sentiment like I expressed as saying I'm being Islamophobic. No matter how badly they treat their women, they're not the bigot but if you point it out you're the bigot.
Hilary BTW glamorized that garb during the campaign a bit which IMO is one reason why Trumps p---y grabbing remark didn't gain much traction. You can't gain points by saying the other guy treats women badly if your track record shows you don't really have a problem with men treating women badly.
Yeah, the reason people wear short pants and short sleeved shirts and no form fitting head gear when it's 97 degrees outside is because they want to be uncomfortable.
No matter how Islamophobic you may or may not be; at no point did I say or intimate that you were Islamophobic. What you were doing is shaming her for following her convictions and her dressing according to them.
I wasn't saying you were saying it. In fact I thought you were being sarcastic.
Followers of fundamentalist religion aren't allowed to have their own convictions.
ETA: This is especially true of women. Do you think women dress like that because they have full freedom of choice and decide that's what they want to dress like? At best they say they want to dress like that because they've been indoctrinated in it since birth.
They don't wear turbins, those are Sikh's.
The Shemagh, which is what you were referencing serves a bunch of different functions.
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Actually you would be surprised how much clothing Muslims and non Muslims wear in the desert in Countries like Turkey and Iraq. long pants and sweaters for the men in 120 degree heat, we'd be sweating like hell and they'd be cool and dry, could never figure it out. It ain't a Muslim thing. But then, I think it is ridiculous that Mormons have holy underwear, most religion makes you stupid.
Indeed. It makes me wonder if he would have made a similar comment about an Amish woman - they wear long dresses, dark colors, and bonnets, and all because some guy in Switzerland 400 years ago said they should.
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You ought to see the transformation that occurs on the flight out of Riyadh to Paris. A bunch of ninjas get on the plane and some makeup wearing, jewelry sporting, extremely well dressed sexy as hell Arab women come walking off.
Goddamn, you can't even be original in a single thread.While we're at it , can we get a few comments on this?
How dare you judge me on the words I wrote. Although you saw the words on the screen you can't know if I identify with having the opinion those words expressed. Don't try to tell me my identity!
5, 3, 8, 1, 9, 7, 4, 6, 2While we're at it , can we get a few comments on this?
While we're at it , can we get a few comments on this?
That's partly my point too. When women in other religions have to dress in ridiculous outfits we (accurately) call them oppressed.
That's highly presumptuous. They are only oppressed by your respective definition first of all. Moreover, you allow your religious bias to influence your thinking. Basically, you are a classic intolerant liberal due to you atheism influencing your bias. Not sure how you could argue women of the Amish faith are repressed. That is a life they willingly choose. They have an opportunity to leave it if they choose. Not so much with Islam in predominantly Islamic countries where women are inherently oppressed through governmental constructs.
If you know you'll endure severe social sanctions by leaving a religion (or by doing any particular thing) then you are being coerced to do it. It's not that you can't not do but it rather that it's very difficult and risky to not do it.
Megan Phelps-Roper is interesting to read about. She is from the religious sect that goes to soldiers funerals and yells "God hates fags." She got out. But some of the people that get out don't have a good outcome. Being estranged from your family and social support system can be very damaging.
I don't know what you're talking about. But yes, I'm not a fan of religious fundamentalism that force people to dress a certain way. And it's even worse when the people in question are defined as second class citizens as is usually the case when it comes to women and religious fundamentalism.
my dad told me about WW2 where during really hot weather they would practically pour the hot coffee down you....he amazingly said it helped keep you cool.........I tried it once during real hot weather....didn't work so well for me
Sorry, can't help myself, but when I saw the title of this thread I was thinking completely different of the contents......
Could have, but really doubt that is an explanation of her attire. Anything COULd be possible, but statistics are not in your favor on this one. My analysis--less that 1 chance in a million that she is covered for a legitimate reason not called chorea.
