Burqa is Muslim woman's choice: Indian Muslims react to Sarkozy

Like every Dussera, thousands gathered to pray at a 300-year-old temple in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district. What followed next was unspeakable horror.

Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years," declares Thangavelu, a priest.

The shocking scenes were filmed by local channels, none of whom called for help. Like others in this area, they find nothing absurd about what they saw. Tradition is tradition, they say.

The women can be seen gasping for breath, many are sobbing their hearts out. But the faith is unshakeable. Radhika, a devotee, says, "We believe that when we are whipped, we will get rid of all our mental and physical ailments and evil spirits."

Burqa - Chador ko side par rakkho. Physics Math aur Chemistry ki book utthao. English/French ki taraf aao. Yeh tactical zaroorat hai. We are now facing a life-and-death moment. Language and Art can wait.

Muslim men : Its their choice... beard or no beard.. but keep the beard trimmed (barbers are expensive)... but if you can shave it., thats fine too.

Muslim women : Saree is a very impractical step. Women (Hindu/Muslim/Christian/Parsi/Sikh) are discarding it. Who will wear granny sarees now. Reason : It is impractical and very inconvenient. When one does go to urinate. a woman has to lift her saree... the cloth touches the commode... or if it is indian style.. the edges touch the ground. then getting up... it gets crumpled... so its very very inconvenient. Also the blouse exposes the abs... its not a healthy sight... so women themselves are discarding the Saree as a dress... they have taken to a more practical dress like Salwar Kameez., where going to urinate will not be so painful.

As regards Muslim concept of Hijab., its got nothing to do with Chador or Burqa or Naqaab. It means this : And Hijab applies both to men and women. The dress must be modest.

HIJAB MEANS : TO DRESS MODESTLY. It should not display the curves eminently. Blur it... vague it... that is the general concept.. It must not be enticing. Hide your beauty.. that is the concept.

For men too., it applies in equal measure. They must also not display their curves prominently.

As simple as that. If you ask me., it means modestly dressed... underplaying the oomph... and not wearing something that eminently highlights the curves or body-line.

Burkha Vs Bikini: The Debauchery Of American Womanhood.
this is an article by Dr.Henry Makow, Ph.D.
On my wall, I have a picture of a Muslim woman shrouded in a burkha. Beside it is a picture of an American beauty contestant, wearing nothing but a bikini. One woman is totally hidden from the public; the other is totally exposed. These two extremes say a great deal about the clash of so-called "civilizations."
The role of woman is at the heart of any culture. Apart from stealing Arab oil, the impending war in the Middle East is about stripping Arabs of their religion and culture, exchanging the burkha for a bikini.
I am not an expert on the condition of Muslim women and I love feminine beauty too much to advocate the burkha here. But I am defending some of the values that the burkha represents for me.
For me, the burkha represents a woman's consecration to her husband and family. Only they see her.
It affirms the privacy, exclusivity and importance of the domestic sphere.
The Muslim woman's focus is her home, the "nest" where her children are born and reared. She is the "home" maker, the taproot that sustains the spiritual life of the family, nurturing and training her children, providing refuge and support to her husband.
In contrast, the bikinied American beauty queen struts practically naked in front of millions on TV. A feminist, she belongs to herself.
In practice, paradoxically, she is public property. She belongs to no one and everyone. She shops her body to the highest bidder. She is auctioning herself all of the time.
In America, the cultural measure of a woman's value is her sex appeal. (As this asset depreciates quickly, she is neurotically obsessed with appearance and plagued by weight problems.)
As an adolescent, her role model is Britney Spears, a singer whose act approximates a strip tease. From Britney, she learns that she will be loved only if she gives sex. Thus, she learns to "hook up" rather than to demand patient courtship and true love. As a result, dozens of males know her before her husband does. She loses her innocence, which is a part of her charm. She becomes hardened and calculating. Unable to love, she is unfit to receive her husband's seed.
The feminine personality is founded on the emotional relationship between mother and baby. It is based on nurturing and self-sacrifice.
Masculine nature is founded on the relationship between hunter and prey. It is based on aggression and reason.
Feminism teaches woman that feminine nature has resulted in "oppression" and that she should convert to male behavior instead.
The result: a confused and aggressive woman with a large chip on her shoulder, unfit to become a wife or mother.
This, of course, is the goal of the social engineers at the NWO: undermine sexual identity and destroy the family, create social and personal dysfunction, and reduce population.
In the "brave new world," women are not supposed to be nest makers, or progenitors of the race. They are meant to be neutered autonomous creatures that indulge in sex for physical pleasure, not for love or procreation.
At his press conference on Sunday, Donald Rumsfeld said that Iranian women and youth were restive under the rule of the Mullahs. He implied that the US would soon liberate them. To Britney Spears?
To low-rise "see-my-thong" pants? To the mutual masturbation that passes for sexuality in America?
Parenthood is the pinnacle of human development. It is the stage when we finally graduate from self-indulgence and become God's surrogates: creating and nurturing new life. The New World Order does not want us to reach this level of maturity. Pornography is the replacement for marriage. We are to remain stunted: single, sex-starved and self-obsessed.
We are not meant to have a permanent "private" life. We are to remain lonely and isolated, dependent on consumer products for our identity, in a state of perpetual courtship.
This is especially destructive for woman. Her sexual attraction is a function of her fertility. As fertility declines, so does her sex appeal. If a woman devotes her prime years to becoming "independent," she is not likely to find a permanent mate. Her long-term personal fulfillment and happiness lies in making marriage and family her first priority.
Feminism is another cruel New World Order hoax that has debauched American women and despoiled Western civilization. It has ruined millions of lives and represents a lethal threat to Islam.
I am not advocating the burkha but rather some of the values that it represents, specifically a woman's consecration to her future husband and family, and the modesty and dignity this entails. The burkha and the bikini represent two extremes. The answer lies somewhere in the middle.

Niquab, burqa, chador and hijab should be things of the past by now. They are not religious requirements (nor is beard in the case of men). They are symbols of women's subjugation. They impede their full and equal participation in academic and employment areas as also in the spheres of business and politics.

Saying that it is a woman's choice is a misleading and evasive answer. One must take a stand that is clearly and unambiguously against a practice that contributes to women's being held back.