I interview UK MEP Janice Atkinson, who explains the symbolism involved in wearing a burqa in a Western country.
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StellaSaidSosays
Spot on, Janice. The burqa is a political statement, a clear signal of refusal to integrate. Even the hijab is an insult to the host population, proclaiming, as it too does, the assumed ‘superiority’ of the wearer.
mortimersays
When a Muslim woman wear ‘the UNIFORM’ of Islam she is sending a message that she supports the horrible doctrines of Islam … such as …
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
Susan Bsays
Well said as usual Mortimer.
Andysays
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What it also serves as is as a red herring. With the focus on who has the right to wear what, attention is taken away from the fact that the islamic bible, or rather its manual on how to hate everything, is full of hate and values incompatible with Western society, such as: men are in charge of women; if you fear your wife, beat her (no restrictions); kill Jews, Christians, etc.
No Muzzies Heresays
When a non-Muslim puts on a Burka or any other Muslim face and body covering, it symbolizes complete and total submission to Islam and the rejection of one’s non-Muslim culture.
mortimersays
When a non-Muslim puts on a Burka or any other Muslim face and body covering, she is ENDORSING the horrible doctrines of Islam …
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
Susan Bsays
There is no symbol that represents the subjugation of females better than the slave wear of hijab, niqab and burka. Islam needs to be eradicated from the civilized world.
gravenimagesays
So true–when a woman cannot even show her face, it completely erases her as a person.
Lindasays
Funny. I feel the same way about Muslims. I don’t want to engage with them either and I don’t even wear a burqa.
mortimersays
Let us hope Janice Atkinson is the trail blazer who will LEAD THE WAY for other courageous politicians to speak out about the evils of ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY.
The WORST THINGS ABOUT ISLAM are:
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
CAN A REASONABLE, SANE PERSON ENDORSE ISLAM’S DOCTRINES? Surely, they cannot. Only a DUPE or a GREAT FOOL would endorse the above.
Susan Bsays
Jay Boo, you have to admit it was worth repeating.
PRCSsays
I will almost guarantee that she and the interviewer are referring to niqab, not burqa.
If I’m correct, this ongoing lack of specificity makes the issue more difficult to discuss effectively and accurately.
Susan Bsays
PRCS – any islamic slave garment, whether a hijab or burka, is not only an insult to all free women in the world but to all of the civilized world. This sick and evil and dangerous cult needs to be eradicated out of civilization.
Carol the 1stsays
What I dislike seeing are coddled, sheltered young female “mini-nuns” who obviously delight in displaying superficial purity, equanimity, and (best yet) “superiority”. It’s a real tour de force to carry this off when your audience is increasingly wising up to what Islam represents.
gravenimagesays
They both cover a woman’s face, and are both horrible.
PRCSsays
Well, is she referring to niqab or burqa? Curious mind want to know.
Carol the 1stsays
PRCS – here’s how I remember it:
H as in Hijab for Head (most common headscarf with open face)
N as in Niqab for Neck and Head (covers more of Neck, upper chest, hair, and all of the face but the eyes)
B as in Burqa for Body (the full Bodybag camo with eyes veiled)
Carol the 1stsays
I think she’s referring to the Niqab. It covers the facial features with the exception of the eyes (Burqas are even worse and Atkinson would thus include them in her legitimate gripe but it seems they’re rarely seen outside of Afghanistan).
The garment we see most often is the Hijab – a light headscarf that does not hide facial features and therefore (like the Sikh turban) we may have to live with it. What I resent is not just the bad signals all muslima-wear sends, but anything that allows them to be less than full and responsible parts of the job-hunting workforce.
Brian hoffsays
This woman lost the election as she sound racist.
Susan Bsays
Brian Hoff, please tell me what race your cult of rapist and murders are again???
gravenimagesays
“Brian hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–wants to force all women to wear the Burqa.
There is nothing “racist” in opposing this.
Hogdudesays
Once some of these Muslim women learn what real freedom means, they’ll take off the burqa and join the civilized world as a partner, not a second class person. Welcome to freedom!
gravenimagesays
Some will–but some will instead try to impose it on us.
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StellaSaidSo says
Spot on, Janice. The burqa is a political statement, a clear signal of refusal to integrate. Even the hijab is an insult to the host population, proclaiming, as it too does, the assumed ‘superiority’ of the wearer.
mortimer says
When a Muslim woman wear ‘the UNIFORM’ of Islam she is sending a message that she supports the horrible doctrines of Islam … such as …
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
Susan B says
Well said as usual Mortimer.
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Giacomo Latta says
What it also serves as is as a red herring. With the focus on who has the right to wear what, attention is taken away from the fact that the islamic bible, or rather its manual on how to hate everything, is full of hate and values incompatible with Western society, such as: men are in charge of women; if you fear your wife, beat her (no restrictions); kill Jews, Christians, etc.
No Muzzies Here says
When a non-Muslim puts on a Burka or any other Muslim face and body covering, it symbolizes complete and total submission to Islam and the rejection of one’s non-Muslim culture.
mortimer says
When a non-Muslim puts on a Burka or any other Muslim face and body covering, she is ENDORSING the horrible doctrines of Islam …
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
Susan B says
There is no symbol that represents the subjugation of females better than the slave wear of hijab, niqab and burka. Islam needs to be eradicated from the civilized world.
gravenimage says
So true–when a woman cannot even show her face, it completely erases her as a person.
Linda says
Funny. I feel the same way about Muslims. I don’t want to engage with them either and I don’t even wear a burqa.
mortimer says
Let us hope Janice Atkinson is the trail blazer who will LEAD THE WAY for other courageous politicians to speak out about the evils of ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY.
The WORST THINGS ABOUT ISLAM are:
1 No Golden Rule 2 No free speech 3 No democracy 4 Jihad – holy war of supremacism 5 Honour killings 6 Taqiyya – sacred lying 7 Taqlid – group think 8 Circular reasoning 9 Misogyny – repression of women 10 Rape of kafirs as jihad prizes 11 Genocide 12 Ethnic cleansing 13 Al-Walaa wal-Baraa – Islamic apartheid 14 Torture 15 Plundering 16 Cruel and unusual punishments 16 Backwardness – stagnation 17 Violence against women 18 Slavery 19 Discriminatory Sharia law 20 Hatred of the arts 21 No music 22 Pedophilia disguised as child marriage 23 Fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects 24 Cruelty to animals 25 Extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers 26 No historic basis 27 Anti-intellectual obscurantism 28 FGM 29 Arab racism 30 Theocratic totalitarianism 31 Vigilantism 32 Amoral, opportunistic character of Mohammed that all Muslims must imitate 33 Hatred of non-Muslims as an essential doctrine 34 History of Islam includes the genocidal murders of 270 million non-Muslims in Islamic holy wars, terrorism, persecutions and enslavement directed against non-Muslims.
CAN A REASONABLE, SANE PERSON ENDORSE ISLAM’S DOCTRINES? Surely, they cannot. Only a DUPE or a GREAT FOOL would endorse the above.
Susan B says
Jay Boo, you have to admit it was worth repeating.
PRCS says
I will almost guarantee that she and the interviewer are referring to niqab, not burqa.
If I’m correct, this ongoing lack of specificity makes the issue more difficult to discuss effectively and accurately.
Susan B says
PRCS – any islamic slave garment, whether a hijab or burka, is not only an insult to all free women in the world but to all of the civilized world. This sick and evil and dangerous cult needs to be eradicated out of civilization.
Carol the 1st says
What I dislike seeing are coddled, sheltered young female “mini-nuns” who obviously delight in displaying superficial purity, equanimity, and (best yet) “superiority”. It’s a real tour de force to carry this off when your audience is increasingly wising up to what Islam represents.
gravenimage says
They both cover a woman’s face, and are both horrible.
PRCS says
Well, is she referring to niqab or burqa? Curious mind want to know.
Carol the 1st says
PRCS – here’s how I remember it:
H as in Hijab for Head (most common headscarf with open face)
N as in Niqab for Neck and Head (covers more of Neck, upper chest, hair, and all of the face but the eyes)
B as in Burqa for Body (the full Bodybag camo with eyes veiled)
Carol the 1st says
I think she’s referring to the Niqab. It covers the facial features with the exception of the eyes (Burqas are even worse and Atkinson would thus include them in her legitimate gripe but it seems they’re rarely seen outside of Afghanistan).
The garment we see most often is the Hijab – a light headscarf that does not hide facial features and therefore (like the Sikh turban) we may have to live with it. What I resent is not just the bad signals all muslima-wear sends, but anything that allows them to be less than full and responsible parts of the job-hunting workforce.
Brian hoff says
This woman lost the election as she sound racist.
Susan B says
Brian Hoff, please tell me what race your cult of rapist and murders are again???
gravenimage says
“Brian hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–wants to force all women to wear the Burqa.
There is nothing “racist” in opposing this.
Hogdude says
Once some of these Muslim women learn what real freedom means, they’ll take off the burqa and join the civilized world as a partner, not a second class person. Welcome to freedom!
gravenimage says
Some will–but some will instead try to impose it on us.