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Vernunft II Donating Member (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 12:45 AM
Response to Reply #24
49. As I said, the scarf is a weapon
not a piece of clothing. And while liberal muslims agree there is no reference to having to wear it anywhere in the Quran all fundamentalist muslims make their women wear it.

Wearing that thing means, "I don´t want to belong to your society".
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  -Why hijab (head scarves) disturbs dictators, democrats DuctapeFatwa  Feb-16-04 09:23 PM   #0 
  - It's because they are this generation's jews  DianeG5385   Feb-16-04 09:32 PM   #1 
  - Another little know fact is that many original christian texts...  plurality   Feb-16-04 09:42 PM   #2 
  - really?  WhoCountsTheVotes   Feb-17-04 02:40 PM   #29 
     - I couldn't give you any names off the top of my head.  ieoeja   Feb-17-04 03:47 PM   #39 
     - here's a link to site with all the noncanonical books of the Bible  plurality   Feb-17-04 04:46 PM   #43 
  - if i remember right  rchsod   Feb-16-04 10:30 PM   #3 
  - It was going on long before Abraham in that part of the world  DuctapeFatwa   Feb-16-04 10:50 PM   #6 
  - I'm Christian and we wear them in our church  eissa   Feb-17-04 03:30 PM   #36 
  - women have always been used by politicians and religon  corporatewhore   Feb-16-04 10:38 PM   #4 
  - I am ashamed to see France  Jen   Feb-16-04 10:42 PM   #5 
  - If the French are truly saying that they want their schools to be secular  Rowdyboy   Feb-16-04 11:43 PM   #7 
  - Freedom of speech does not stop at the schoolyard door  Gulf Coast J   Feb-17-04 02:30 PM   #26 
  - This is a FRENCH issue!  LeahMira   Feb-17-04 02:42 PM   #30 
     - Bigotry is EVERYONE'S issue  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 06:52 AM   #57 
  - There is a huge difference...  pnb   Feb-17-04 02:30 PM   #27 
  - Great Editorial  PsychoDad   Feb-16-04 11:57 PM   #8 
  - Excellent article!  bicentennial_baby   Feb-17-04 12:04 AM   #9 
  - it's just so unenforceable  Djinn   Feb-17-04 12:14 AM   #10 
  - well  Kellanved   Feb-17-04 02:59 AM   #12 
  - interesting article...  GreyV   Feb-17-04 12:32 AM   #11 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-17-04 04:43 AM   #13 
  - so, you're against freedom of religion?  rman   Feb-17-04 06:10 AM   #14 
     - prepositional definitions  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-17-04 06:12 AM   #15 
     - No it doesn't  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 06:54 AM   #58 
        - yes it does mean that  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 08:46 AM   #64 
           - Of and from mean different things  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 09:09 AM   #67 
              - ok  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 09:17 AM   #68 
                 - Our Constitution was written in English  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 09:20 AM   #69 
                    - Sir, this is not a pedestrian world  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 09:23 AM   #70 
                       - I have degrees  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 01:56 PM   #72 
                          - still incorrect  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 03:01 PM   #76 
                             - LOL  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 03:32 PM   #78 
                                - Yes it does  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 03:40 PM   #79 
                                   - People of Texas, people from Texas  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 03:50 PM   #81 
                                      - No  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 05:52 PM   #83 
                                         - As am I  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 06:08 PM   #84 
                                            - Maybe, but I'm still correct(nt)  OhioStateProgressive   Feb-18-04 06:10 PM   #85 
                                               - Thanks for the response I expected  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 11:10 PM   #87 
     - You can be religious all you want in the privacy of your home  Vernunft II   Feb-17-04 07:28 AM   #17 
     - how is someone's wearing a headscarf "forcing morale on you"?  rman   Feb-18-04 04:07 AM   #56 
     - another thing  rman   Feb-19-04 02:54 AM   #91 
     - I'm against religious expression in my public schools. Keep it at home  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 07:55 AM   #21 
     - so France should stop  Djinn   Feb-17-04 05:39 PM   #46 
        - Yes, they should.  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 12:42 AM   #48 
     - My take  AtTheEndOfTheDay   Feb-17-04 04:32 PM   #41 
  - another article  Kellanved   Feb-17-04 06:50 AM   #16 
  - Well, I´d like to see habits and robes banned as well  Vernunft II   Feb-17-04 07:34 AM   #18 
     - In a public school, of course.  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 07:54 AM   #20 
  - No, it's just extreme cult religious iconry rammed down our throats that  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 07:53 AM   #19 
  - Who's ramming anything down your throat?  plurality   Feb-17-04 08:12 AM   #22 
  - You don´t understand...  Vernunft II   Feb-17-04 02:11 PM   #23 
  - Once again....  plurality   Feb-17-04 02:23 PM   #24 
  - As I said, the scarf is a weapon  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 12:45 AM   #49 
     - the hijab is not only worn by fundamentalists  plurality   Feb-18-04 07:22 AM   #61 
     - if the scarf would eradicate French culture, would that make it a WMD?  rman   Feb-19-04 03:06 AM   #93 
  - Then why do you use obsolete religious imagery....  Bridget Burke   Feb-17-04 03:34 PM   #38 
     - You obviously don´t understand this music...  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 12:46 AM   #50 
        - it seems you are the only one who understands anything  rman   Feb-19-04 03:07 AM   #94 
  - being subjected to religious iconry daily, being spoon fed it's  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 02:26 PM   #25 
  - so should we also burn down all the churchs, ban all mention of god  plurality   Feb-17-04 02:38 PM   #28 
  - Burn them? No, turn them into museums like the europeans have done..  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 02:57 PM   #31 
  - Again I'll ask  plurality   Feb-17-04 03:00 PM   #33 
     - They're entitled to practice their religion, they should just NOT do it in  radwriter0555   Feb-17-04 03:58 PM   #40 
     - how can you keep them from practicing their religion in a public setting?  plurality   Feb-17-04 04:52 PM   #44 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-17-04 04:41 PM   #42 
     - Again, France is NOT the USA!  LeahMira   Feb-18-04 01:42 PM   #71 
        - Human rights are UNIVERSAL rights  plurality   Feb-18-04 02:09 PM   #74 
  - Let's find a middle ground...  LeahMira   Feb-17-04 02:58 PM   #32 
     - The middle ground is choice. Wear it, or don't.  DuctapeFatwa   Feb-17-04 03:15 PM   #34 
     - But women don´t get to decide  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 12:50 AM   #52 
        - That's the reality in Daniel Pipes' all Muslims are evil world...  plurality   Feb-18-04 07:23 AM   #62 
        - so they have to be forced not to wear it? they still don't get to decide..  rman   Feb-19-04 02:45 AM   #90 
     - Still the point is how is someone wearing a cross, scarf, or skull cap  plurality   Feb-17-04 03:19 PM   #35 
  - when you see a church you see reli fanaticism and feel forced to choose?  rman   Feb-18-04 07:12 AM   #60 
  - yes, indeed  dymaxia   Feb-17-04 05:04 PM   #45 
  - I don't accept your plan to infringe the freedom of religion  WhoCountsTheVotes   Feb-17-04 03:32 PM   #37 
  - That´s why the US is run by a bunch of looney christians  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 12:48 AM   #51 
     - I doubt that....  GreyV   Feb-18-04 01:17 AM   #53 
        - They sure have their own interests (as every government has)  Vernunft II   Feb-18-04 03:31 AM   #54 
  - Oh my God...  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 06:56 AM   #59 
  - Your post is amazing  Muddleoftheroad   Feb-18-04 08:51 AM   #65 
  - I actually believe we SHOULD discuss religions in schools  geniph   Feb-17-04 05:42 PM   #47 
  - I agree  bicentennial_baby   Feb-18-04 07:45 AM   #63 
  - Some of the biggest young feminists I know wear the hijab  JCMach1   Feb-18-04 03:35 AM   #55 
  - So quick to come to the 'rescue' of muslim culture...  Dutch   Feb-18-04 09:01 AM   #66 
  - Thank you  tishaLA   Feb-18-04 02:02 PM   #73 
  - This isn't about rescuing Muslim culture  plurality   Feb-18-04 02:12 PM   #75 
  - anti-semitic? Muslims in Europe?  GreyV   Feb-18-04 03:27 PM   #77 
  - wow  dymaxia   Feb-18-04 04:14 PM   #82 
  - you'd like to suppress muslim culture?  rman   Feb-19-04 03:03 AM   #92 
  - As a woman, I see the wearing of the hijab as another way  Cleita   Feb-18-04 03:42 PM   #80 
  - Australia:--Women embrace the hijab  Aidoneus   Feb-18-04 07:08 PM   #86 
  - They are oppressed!  GreyV   Feb-18-04 11:30 PM   #88 
  - France's policy will inevitably cause an extreme reaction  Lydia Leftcoast   Feb-18-04 11:51 PM   #89 
 

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