"Some 1,500 years ago, it was decided for an individual's personal reasons that women should [be secluded] and since then millions of Muslim women all over the world have had to suffer it"

Posted by Marisol on March 2, 2010 5:08 AM

Burqa-ed_throng.jpg

This photo, via [1] Asia News, is particularly poignant in light of the [2] renewed controversy over Taslima Nasrin's article on the burqa.

[3] Vitamin D, anyone?

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/03/some-1500-years-ago-it-was-decided-for-an-individuals-personal-reasons-that-women-should-have-purdah.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Women,-equality-and-Islam:-Rethinking-the-faith-to-meet-the-expectations-of-modern-man-17768.html
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/03/india-2-killed-in-riots-over-translation-of-controversial-article-about-burqa.html
[3] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/12/muslim-women-in-ireland-warned-that-wearing-burqa-may-cause-vitamin-d-deficiency-and-related-disorde.html