Gilead Resembles an Islamic Theocracy, not Trump’s America by Phyllis Chesler (Quillette via M.E. Forum)
Oct. 2, 2019 Margaret Atwood, whose work I have long admired, is now being hailed as a prophet. It is quite the phenomenon. According to the pundits, Atwood’s 1985 work, The Handmaid’s Tale, which Mary McCarthy once savaged, and the recently-published 2019 sequel, The Testaments, are dystopias which aptly describe the contemporary climate change crisis, toxic environments, the […]
Read More →Is Canada’s Justin Trudeau the Great Reformer of Islam?, by Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (JCPA)
Nov. 18, 2018 Justin Trudeau, Canadian prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, has become an icon of the West’s rapprochement with Islam and its openness to Islamic values. Trudeau is perceived as a reformer of Islam, who, in the guise of displaying a clear affection for Islam, is attempting to inculcate […]
Read More →NIQAB, BURQA, HIJAB – AFGHANISTAN COMES TO THE WEST, by Phyllis Chesler (FPM)
Mar. 8, 2019 There are women shrouded in burqas, hidden by niqab – and set apart wearing hijab on the streets of so many American cities. Click here for article
Read More →How Do You Acknowledge a Woman You Can’t See? by Phyllis Chesler (Tablet Magazine via M.E. Forum)
Oct. 19, 2018 Click here for full article on veiling – both the right to veil & the compulsory veil
Read More →Denmark Approves Burka Ban by Soeren Kern (Gatestone Inst.)
Jun. 1, 2018 Denmark becomes the sixth European country to enact such a ban, after France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Austria. “The face is your passport. When you refuse me to see you, I am a victim.” — Jacques Myard, a former conservative MP who supported the ban in France. “[S]ome people do not […]
Read More →Islamic University Bans Full-Face Veils (Clarion Project)
Mar. 8, 2018 A public university in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, has banned women from wearing full-face veils on campus for fear of their radicalizing influence, the Daily Mail reported. The State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, Java has noticed an alarming trend in the once-moderate country of an encroaching extremist interpretation of Islam. A recent survey […]
Read More →On Women’s Day, drop the doublethink on hijabs (especially you, cosmetic companies),by Yasmin Mohammed (National Post)
Mar. 7, 2017 It’s laughable to think a woman whose identity is redacted by a black shroud could spray on some perfume and become unforgettable Click here for full article
Read More →Danish Government Plans Face Veil Ban, by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters via Daily Alert)
Feb. 8, 2018 Denmark’s government said on Tuesday it planned to fine people who covered their face in public, restricting the burqa and the niqab worn by some Muslim women. “It is incompatible with the values of the Danish society or the respect for the community to keep the face hidden when meeting each other in the public space,” Justice Minister […]
Read More →Let’s hope Canadian courts see the true meaning of the niqab, by Barbara Kay (National Post)
Nov. 15, 2017 Fearful of being perceived as Islamophobic, we won’t endorse action against messaging that emblemizes gender apartheid Not all fundamentalist Muslim women wear niqabs, but all who wear niqabs signal support for fundamentalism Click here for full article
Read More →The Jewish blindspot to the horrors of the niqab, by Barbara Kay (National Post)
Oct. 31, 2017 I understand why young people are loath to criticize any cultural practice by the Other. But I was surprised by the reaction of my contemporaries Click here for article
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