Comments on: To Be, or Not to Burqa

By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:49:54 +0000

*ahem*

By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:47:50 +0000

Jeebers! I read Rosie2′s comment, and thought for a second that I had had a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde moment, and completely blanked it out.

Then I re-read it, and realised that there is no way, no matter how far into Mr Hyde I go, would I say those things. Mean is not my thing.

I think I need a wee lie down, all this excitement is far too much for me………….

By: wollywally

wollywally — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:55 +0000

THank you Danya very much, you are a big help, lots of love ooxx

By: gigdiary

gigdiary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:46:56 +0000

And that is exactly the point Lauren. In countries such as France and Australia they are making the wearing of the burqa a religious statement, even worse, a statement of exclusion. There is no need for women to completely cover themselves from the male gaze. For heaven’s sake we have nude beaches and legal pornograpghy if that is a man’s intention. Which in most cases it isn’t. For Muslims to carry on about ‘uncovered meat’ is more offensive than any male gaze.

As you say, it’s not a religious tenet, but a cultural one. One that is being worn by women, many whom have never been to the Middle East.

Wake up Australia and feel the breeze. We have a great and free society that is in danger of being undermined by narrow, archaic and parochial views of what 21st Century society should be.

By: gigdiary

gigdiary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:30:50 +0000

Excellent advice Wollywally, if I can pick and choose I’ll take the vampiresses and stay my natural charming self. I’ll forgo the apple in the mouth like a stuffed pig, I need all the help I can get.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:28:09 +0000

I’m a little late to the explosion of comments on this one but Gig, you know my feelings about everything that has happened. I love your blog, and I should probably comment more (sometimes I am scared I will say something stupid and unintelligent).

I miss everything our little community used to be and we will just have to spread it out across a few different places now.

For relevance; there is nowhere in the Koran stating that women should wear the burqa. It is completely a cultural construct and when you transplant from one culture to another (i.e. Middle East to France) it is culturally acceptable to retain aspects of your previous culture (religion, cooking etc) but not others. The secular nature of French society is something they pride themselves on and if Muslims want to make the burqa a religious thing, they have to accept the repercussions that come along with that in a secular society.

By: wollywally

wollywally — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:19:09 +0000

ha ha ha what the world is coming to, can’t believe it, you are persuasive! love ooxx

By: wollywally

wollywally — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:18:03 +0000

Worm yourself first of all, during full moon thay get very active, a garlic necklece is always andy to keep away vampires and vampiresses and for the mouth the only things that can help is an apple in the mouth like a stuf little pig, if all of this fail, just be the charming self you are, and you will be forgiven, love ooxx

By: gigdiary

gigdiary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:16:59 +0000

Oh Danya, believe me, I’m getting round to it, but you know, so many people, so little time…

and, annoyingly, some people actually agree with me…

By: Danya

Danya — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:56:18 +0000

I am offended you haven’t offended me