DO YOU THINK FRANCE WAS RIGHT???

A couple of years ago I was on holiday in Libya & the subject of covering the face came up while we were talking to our guide, he told us that it started with the bediuns who covered their faces to protect it from the sun & it then became a religious thing with some muslims.

He also said this is where the practice came of the woman walking behind her husband - he walked in front of her as she couldn't seen properly so she followed him.

Funnily enough although we saw a couple of women with their faces covered, we saw far more men doing it. A couple of our drivers kept their faces covered (with a scarf) all day, only uncovering in the evening.
 
perfect11s said:
Good post ,yes who gave our politicans the mandate to medle , the stupid ****ers of both colors bliar should be up for war crimes and the prat cammoron should know better ,wars and foriegn aid !!! lets have the mess they have made of things here sorted out first then they can play bring democracy to the fuzzy wuzzies, shower of ***** the lot of them in the main partys...
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Not sure what to make of this post, should I find it offensive?:confused:
 
turkana said:
Funnily enough although we saw a couple of women with their faces covered, we saw far more men doing it. A couple of our drivers kept their faces covered (with a scarf) all day, only uncovering in the evening.
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Apparently, in Saudi, men can be seen walking hand in hand. It doesn't mean they are in love, just that they are good friends who respect each other. Ditto kissing on the cheek. It's just a cultural thing.
 
My tuppence worth - I spent 10 years on & off in the Middle East "interfering". Why? To prevent Saddam Hussein from gassing another 50,000+ of his own people using WMD's that he apparantly didn't have in the first place. Each time I entered a Muslim country (usually Saudi Arabia but sometimes Oman) I was subjected to a 100% search of myself (strip if requested) & baggage for banned material including religious material other than that of Islam, alcohol, pornography and pork. I friend of mine had his motorcycle magazine ripped up in front of him because it dared to show a centre spread of a young lady draped over a bike with just a bikini on. For the entire duration of my time in those countries I had to act respectfully, dress conservatively and, of course abide by the rules of that country.

So to answer the original question: yes, I do think that Muslim women should have to remove head gear on request in exactly the same way that I was expected to cover up when vsiiting a Muslim country.
 
smokey said:
Not sure what to make of this post, should I find it offensive?:confused:
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Offence is always taken, it's never given.

On a slightly different tack, and for those who live beside and with those of a Muslim faith, would you think it true that those women of the faith who are here and are second or third generation, are less likely to want to wear the veil? Is the problem greater with those women who are already brought up in a different land, and come to live here, or visit our shores?

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
Offence is always taken, it's never given.

On a slightly different tack, and for those who live beside and with those of a Muslim faith, would you think it true that those women of the faith who are here and are second or third generation, are less likely to want to wear the veil? Is the problem greater with those women who are already brought up in a different land, and come to live here, or visit our shores?

Alec.
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Then I think I will take it, it seems rude to refuse:)
On you other point, I don't know, but I have noticed that in the last few years there have been several women wearing the burkha. Not sure if they are new to to area, or if they have newly adopted it. Certainly there have been Muslim families locally for some years, but until recently none whose women where veiled.
 
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