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Will Saudi Arabia now ban the burqa? BBC:
Women in Saudi Arabia have been openly driving cars in defiance of an official ban on female drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
My thanks to Antoine Clarke for the h/t. Antoine’s Norlonto Review has been only occasional in recent months, but is now active. And Antoine adds this observation:
SAUDI ARABIA NEEDS A BURQA BAN. Women defy government ban on driving and post videos of themselves driving around town. Of course the veil makes it harder to identify them.
I guess those Islamic scholars who insisted that the burqa was a liberation have a point.
Heh.
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Indeed. As far as self-liberating Arab women goes, I can’t help but remember a scene in “Agnes of God” where the Mother Superior gestures at her habit and quips “You could hide a machine gun in here.”
Precisely.
I don’t think that what Saudi women is called ‘burqa’ – it’s hijab.
I believe that you are correct, Alisa.
Semantics aside, however, I found this story of goings on in France similarly entertaining: (Link)
@ other rob – I saw that story and was wondering if France has a “contempt of court” rule, which in this country can be quite severe, as a Ms Fraill found out earlier.
Hmm, I attached a pedantry closing tag to my comment, but it didn’t show up. And, I missed a word. Oh well.
Of course, another solution might be to ban all women from public roads- then, anyone wearing a burqa could be jailed and publicly shamed.
Muslim woman in Burka in Australia stopped by police.
Later accuses Police of being racist and of trying to uncover her face.
Video from Police car proves it is untruth the accusation.
Judge dismiss case of her making a deliberately false statement because the accusation was filled by a person in a Burka and as such it can’t prove that was her that made it.
It has also this pearl:
Mrs Matthew’s lawyer Stephen Hopper defended their actions saying: “They are obviously happy with the result and are expressing it in a way that is culturally appropriate to them.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/judge-could-not-be-sure-who-was-behind-the-veil/story-fn7x8me2-1226078801032
via:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/270111/dance-post-modern-veils-mark-steyn