tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post1559318372995621747..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: More from Phyllis CheslerHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-9868058164797062622011-04-17T19:53:08.000+01:002011-04-17T19:53:08.000+01:00A large number of Muslim girls and women around wh...A large number of Muslim girls and women around where I live wear the prettiest scarves tied in all sorts of intricate ways. They do not look menacing but rather gorgeous. I feel quite envious at times. But then we get the ones in the burquas. Quite a different kettle of fish.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-91262452676726210972011-04-17T07:15:15.000+01:002011-04-17T07:15:15.000+01:00We have a few muslims here in Spain in the town wh...We have a few muslims here in Spain in the town where I live. Not many I might add as the Spanish people have their own ways of "discouraging" such migrations. There's even a town in the mountains up the road from me where they just won't speak to any foreigners at all. They refuse to sell property to them or serve them in shops. I have an English girl-friend who is married to a Spanish guy. Some of his family live there and when they got engaged, they went to visit. They completely blanked her and now refuse to speak to him even though they have two children now.<br /><br />Imagine if Brits did that?<br /><br />Anyhow, those that do live here, wear ordinary "modest" clothes and a headscarf. The difference here is that they actually wear pretty ones. All colours with patters which don't look quite as menacing. I know of none that wear the veil.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-83308237351035858532011-04-16T12:05:50.000+01:002011-04-16T12:05:50.000+01:00I have no problems with the hijab, which is a head...I have no problems with the hijab, which is a headscarf. Lots of women wear headscarves for all sorts of reasons. Covering your face (which is what the French law is about) is quite another issue.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-37289387609804129092011-04-16T08:00:27.000+01:002011-04-16T08:00:27.000+01:00Its an excellent article and a stance I firmly tak...Its an excellent article and a stance I firmly take with the veil. <br /><br />This whole "banning is wrong" rhetoric is damaging. The burkha/hijab may allow those women to cover their modesty but there are definitely much better ways of doing that. The damage is causes to health and to women's safety far outweighs the rights of those women that say they want to wear it for religious purposes.<br /><br />In a society where millions of people are expected to live together in harmony, there have to be rules, like it or not.Suenoreply@blogger.com