Michael Coren appears on screen in full veil to mock Egypt's niqab-only TV

You have to hand it to Michael Coren: he goes where other "conservative" talk show hosts should go, but don't dare. In this his point is that non-Muslims should not be forced in non-Muslim countries to change the way they operate their businesses or conduct their affairs in general in order to accommodate Islamic law and practice. But again and again, that is what is demanded.

"Canadian anchor appears on screen in full veil to mock niqab-only TV," from al-Arabiya, July 30:

A Canadian TV anchor appeared in a full face-veil (known in Arabic as the niqab) to present his show on Canadian Sun News TV, ostensibly in a bid to poke fun at the newly-launched Egyptian channel, Maria TV, which features women clad only in the niqab, the Maan News Agency reported on Sunday.

Maria TV, which was launched on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan earlier in July, employs only women in niqab, even for behind-the-camera jobs.

Canadian anchor Michael Coren, dressed in black from head to toe, hosted a Muslim cleric from Toronto at the studio and discussed with him the idea of creating such a channel in Egypt.

Coren asked the cleric why Muslim women dressed “in that weird way?”

The Canadian anchor also asked the imam why Muslim men do not get dressed in black like women. The imam replied saying it is the same reason that persuades Christian nuns to wear their veil in church.

Earlier this month, Coren appeared on his show to talk about a nine-year-old Canadian girl who refused to remove her hijab during a soccer tournament. During his show he said girls in such situations had two choices: remove the hijab or not play soccer.

“It has already been established so many times that the burka, hijab are not religious requirements,” he said on his show, a video clip of which was posted on July 12. “The Quran only demands modesty. Even if it is a religious requirement, so what? We respect your right to wear it but it does not mean we have an obligation to allow you to wear it in a soccer league,” he said.

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"Maria TV, which features women clad only in the niqab,"
What!? No knickers!? Disgusting! That must get the Mussie men salivating!
haha!

"The imam replied saying it is the same reason that persuades Christian nuns to wear their veil in church."
Typical imammy BS.
Nuns don't cover their faces. Also women who join a religious order do so voluntarily. Christian women who choose not to dress as nuns do not get acid thrown in their faces.

Sorry Michael, you've got it all wrong. The niqab is for women, and women only. As for the men, well, they should wear a nice pink dress, just like Muhammad used to.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/drawing-muhammad-dessiner-mahomet.html

I appreciate what Michael does, but this is WAY out of order.

Mocking Islam, or accusing them of "dressing funny" is the wrong way to go about it. To me, this is no different than those idiots who threw their Christian beads on the muslim man when he purposely prayed outside the white house gates.

Cohen could have easily had a professional discussion about the Niqab with the Imam - then he could have addressed the reasons why they are forced to wear them - they are beaten subjugated against, treated as property, etc.

By acting silly and wearing the Niqab (unless he was wearing it to honor women who were killed for not wearing it, which he wasn't) all that does is fuel the folks who label freedom fighters as Islamaphobes.

I appreciate him bringing up the subject, but he could have done it a different way. Ive never seen Pam, Robert, or their freidns do it when they speak, and they get their point across just fine.

"this is WAY out of order"

Mocking, parodies... etc. are part of free speech and never "out of order". That's the same thing an offended pedohammedan would say, and the truth hurts... and people have the right to offend and be offended, to insult and be insulted. That's also part of free speech, it's a two way street... except when it comes to Islam and its followers.

"... this is no different than those idiots who threw their Christian beads on the muslim man when he purposely prayed outside the white house gates."

I don't know when that happened or even if that happened in the first place, but that's nothing compared to what muslims do to non-muslims... anywhere! -non-muslims praying, not even on the streets but inside any bulding or house, in Saudi Arabia get imprisoned or beheaded-. At max, throwing beads at someone would be assault in some jurisdictions, you cannot compare that to free speech, Coren isn't assaulting anyone, comparing that is just outright imbecilic.


"Cohen could have easily had a professional discussion about the Niqab with the Imam"

You love to hear imams, better check out MEMRI.

there are multiple points to get across when it comes to Islam. each point must ne adressed differently. there is nothing wrong with Micheal dressing up in Niqab. in fact it is the right thing to do to let people know how oppressive this tent is!(Pat Condell called it a tent not me). while I know you are a very honorable person, but please do not compare an act of a so called christain by the white house as the same as the counter jihadists. as fot having a discussion with an Imam: it is far more fritful to have a discussion with a 5 year old kid that having one with an Imam. at the end of a conversation with an imam you walk out our with a death threat on your life.
M

I'm with you on this one Meryl. Satire has always been an effective tool against the hard of hearing and Islam is deaf.
"but he could have done it a different way", tellurye.
Michael Coren uses "standard" methods all the time and has certainly earned the right to try a more risqué approach.

in re the nine-year-old girl and playing soccer in her hijab:
I wonder if that was really the little girl insisting on wearing it, or her parents insisting on it.

Be sure to tune in to the next episode where Michael demonstrates the Muslim suicide bombers favorite disguise while wearing a niqab....

EXS... go to Memritv.org. a muslim Jihadist is asking for advice weather or not he can shove explosive up his ass for the sake of islam and if he doeas it, would it constitue sodomy?!!!! watch the whole video! it is so funny!!!
M

To me, this is no different than those idiots who threw their Christian beads on the muslim man when he purposely prayed outside the white house gates.

What are "Christian beads"? There are no such things. Many Catholics use Rosary beads, but no Catholic who uses and carries their Rosary beads would ever throw them, they'd be too busy praying the Rosary with them.

telluyre is making stuff up.

As for the comparison with nuns. This is simply wrong and extremely offensive. Nuns offer their life in chastity to God and serving people. Islam demands that women are nothing more than breeding and fornicating beasts in a man's personal bordello. To equate the two is pure evil trying to justify itself.

how do you know he is making this stuff up? and where does he even mention the nuns in his/her post? this person is having an intellegent conversation. unlike defenderof islam and this guy named rezali who are trolls to say the least,he/she is merely conveying a message here. if you disagree just disagree. don't accuse him/her of making stuff up.
M

@tellurye,

"Out of order" my ass!

You posted, "Cohen could have easily had a professional discussion about the Niqab with the Imam". Well, Coren tried, but the imam was so full of taquiya and BS a professional discussion was impossible. If the imam had said the word "context" one more time I would have screamed! Typical muslim, full of lies.

I'm proud that Canada's Sun News allows Michael Coren so much leeway. The interview, burka and all, was brilliant!

The Canadian anchor also asked the imam why Muslim men do not get dressed in black like women. The imam replied saying it is the same reason that persuades Christian nuns to wear their veil in church.

That says nothing. Catholic priests wear black, same as the nuns. Like many nuns, they are completely dressed in black, except for the white collar.

M, I think the second part of Bohemian Rhapsodi's post was addressed to the imam.

I suspect tellurye was talking about this incident, so not beads but crosses. Which rather makes me suspect the cross-tosser is not a 'true' Christian, would not throwing crosses be disrespectful?

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/anti-muslim_protestor_throws_crosses_at_feet_of_man_praying_by_white_house_video.php

"...unlike defenderof islam and this guy named rezali who are trolls ..."

Rezali claims to be a Muslimah...defenderofislaam is just defenderofislam...

"...unlike defenderof islam and this guy named rezali..."

in fact they both may be Muslimahs...

"Mocking Islam, or accusing them of 'dressing funny' is the wrong way to go about it."

Islam should be mocked to death (literally).

Islam: where freedom ends and slavery begins.

Nuns may or may choose not to wear the veil without civil or criminal punishment as in some Islamic countries.

Absolutely brilliantly done! Should be required viewing for all those would-be dhimmis who run our country and control our media in the UK. (BBC to the fore!)

All because Muslim men can't control their sexual drive when seeing a womans skin, hair, or shape.

Here's a news flash, apparently non-Muslim man have been domesticated, and have control of their sex drive even in public.

So unless a Muslim woman and a Muslim man are seen togather and showing flesh in public all is well in Islam.

Here's a thought, get your body under control by use of your mind and integrity.

For me mocking is definitely one way of dealing with this extremely oppressive practice. Speaking for myself, if I can not laugh at it, I would either suffocate to death, or just explode and go on mass murder.

Regarding throwing beads or crosses at a praying muslime, if you want to disrespect a praying head banger, just have a woman or a dog walk in front of him. He must start his evil prayer all over again, it says so in the kkkoran or hadith, I don't remember which (nor do I give a crap). A donkey will work too.

Disagree.

''The devil, that prowde spirit; he cannot bear to be mocked.'' (Sir Thomas More).

The more we take the piss out of these 7th century barbarian savages, the better. And not only the *overtly* savage barbarians in Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan et al; but also their more superficially smooth and quasi civilised counterparts who have been allowed to infiltrate the West by our traitorous governments. Laugh at them, mock them, lampoon them, every chance we get.

The more we laugh at them, the angrier they will get, and the more they will show their true, savage natures. There will still be some who will continue to be wilfully blind, but intelligent people with decency and common sense will see them for what they are.

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