Comments on: Burqa Ban: Coverage of a Law to 'Free' Women Leaves Them Voiceless http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/07/16/burqa-ban-coverage-of-a-law-to-free-women-leaves-them-voiceless/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: CNN’s Roland Martin: ‘Organized Religion’ Is Desperately Sexist | News Patriot http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/07/16/burqa-ban-coverage-of-a-law-to-free-women-leaves-them-voiceless/comment-page-1/#comment-130124 CNN’s Roland Martin: ‘Organized Religion’ Is Desperately Sexist | News Patriot Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:51:12 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=15137#comment-130124 [...] different than Muslims putting their women in burqas and not letting them drive. (Actually, on CNN Martin declared the need for cultural "respect" and hedged on a burqa ban in [...] [...] different than Muslims putting their women in burqas and not letting them drive. (Actually, on CNN Martin declared the need for cultural "respect" and hedged on a burqa ban in [...]

]]> By: CNN’s Roland Martin: ‘Organized Religion’ Is Desperately Sexist « News « @griffinrc http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/07/16/burqa-ban-coverage-of-a-law-to-free-women-leaves-them-voiceless/comment-page-1/#comment-130107 CNN’s Roland Martin: ‘Organized Religion’ Is Desperately Sexist « News « @griffinrc Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:37:49 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=15137#comment-130107 [...] different than Muslims putting their women in burqas and not letting them drive. (Actually, on CNN Martin declared the need for cultural "respect" and hedged on a burqa ban in [...] [...] different than Muslims putting their women in burqas and not letting them drive. (Actually, on CNN Martin declared the need for cultural "respect" and hedged on a burqa ban in [...]

]]> By: grrrlygrl http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/07/16/burqa-ban-coverage-of-a-law-to-free-women-leaves-them-voiceless/comment-page-1/#comment-60531 grrrlygrl Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:01:13 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=15137#comment-60531 I personally do think that forcing a woman to cover her body IS misogynistic. That being said, forcing a woman to remove her clothing or change her traditions is just as bad. telling women to 'rebel against tradition' implies that they are not already do so. It also takes away the power and symbolic importance of the action if they DO decide to remove their burqas. I personally do think that forcing a woman to cover her body IS misogynistic. That being said, forcing a woman to remove her clothing or change her traditions is just as bad.

telling women to 'rebel against tradition' implies that they are not already do so. It also takes away the power and symbolic importance of the action if they DO decide to remove their burqas.

]]> By: Kirth Gersen http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/07/16/burqa-ban-coverage-of-a-law-to-free-women-leaves-them-voiceless/comment-page-1/#comment-36396 Kirth Gersen Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:21:06 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=15137#comment-36396 "I suggest that one talks to a Muslim woman wearing a burqa before making any stupid statements that they are 'forced'." Easier said than done! I've never been able to get a woman in a burqa to ackowledge my existence in any way, much less actually speak to me. I've been threatened by their escorts, however. And I find it interesting that the people clamoring on about womens' right to veils have no problem at all with Muslims demanding that the topfree women on French beaches cover up, because they "offend Islam." "I suggest that one talks to a Muslim woman wearing a burqa before making any stupid statements that they are 'forced'."

Easier said than done! I've never been able to get a woman in a burqa to ackowledge my existence in any way, much less actually speak to me. I've been threatened by their escorts, however.

And I find it interesting that the people clamoring on about womens' right to veils have no problem at all with Muslims demanding that the topfree women on French beaches cover up, because they "offend Islam."

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