I was in Britain and several European countries over the summer.
The situation with the Muslim invasion is disgusting, and the people are not happy about it at all.
People usually aren't happy with "foreigners" and "outsiders" and any group that isn't percieved to fit the majority culture. Why do you think groups like KKK or EDL and tons of others still thrive? Why do you think each wave of immigrants has been met with hostility, stereotypes and discrimmination? Nothing really changes.
Oh please you have no idea what you are talking about, as usual. Burka clad women and their male masters all over the place, "no go neighborhoods" where the Brits are scared to enter. Terrorism threats. Shariah law problems. This is not an "anti immigration" issue.
In my travels I've been places where I had to don the shroud and cover my face. Except that my walk was identifiable as western, I didn't get leers or cat calls as I walked by. On the other hand, as thin as it was, I still felt suffocated and over heated. I felt apart from society, invisible and of not importance. A ghost walking though the world, the last to be spoken to and have my words dismisses as if a child. I was trying to respect tradition but I could not wait to get out that thing and away from people that demeaned it. I also have the privilege of traveling through the middle east in times where as long as you dresses relatively modest, no hot pants and tight shirts cut down to there, you can be free to move around and meet people, and they don't scorn you for your appearance.
Allah did not demand women hid themselves. During Mohammed's time, women wore bright colors and jewelry to be attractive. Mohammed did not women to be immodest and asked that they cover their breast. He did however go into battle with women who lead armies bare breasted and fought fearlessly with a sword.
It is one thing to have a cover against the desert sand and sun, but it was not tradition to hind away totally when out in town. Wives of sultans might have been hidden in harams, but that was no so for the common women who also were able to operate their own businesses. Most women had some male protector, family, but others might have had slaves or hired a man to act as a "body guard".
Burkas used to be seen only in rural traditional ares and were rather an oddity like a tribal costume. Women of all areas still loved to adorn themselves in color and makeup, or henna, and jewelry was their private wealth, like a private savings account or a rainy day.
Women were beautiful and they walked with pride in public. Most urban women were educated not just in culture but business and politics.
I'm saddened to see so many women mistake tribal culture for religious requirements.
Hijab or not women should not hide behind modesty, before god or men. God made us as we are and dress or in birthday suit women should stand proud and self sufficient. Learning should never stop. We should understand the culture around us not just within religion. Learn from them, be apart of them, but if religious we observe faith inside us or in private. Religion should not be shield we shove in the face or other or hide behind, it is a tool to make people more aware and caring or others. To be more in tune with the world, not fight against it.
Israel at a Point of No Return - In the Right Direction :: Middle East Forum
I fund this rather interesting regarding women, education, technology and religion
People of all faiths and traditions can work together and help each others.
