Dissecting the Burqa

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Dissecting the Burqa

This Islamic garment is a symbol of oppression for a variety of mostly straightforward reasons, and as such is morally reprehensible. What I just said shouldn’t be controversial at all to uphold, were it not for the raging storm of political correctness that has swept through our culture lately. So I’m not going to go through the ideological reasons of how and why the burqa sucks, because to me it’s so trivial. Plus I don’t even invoke any of that when I see a woman in a burqa: the silent war of cultures, the sickening throwback to a savage era of female subjugation to men, etc…

My immediate reaction whenever I spot a burqa-girl comes as an intimate shocking shudder down my spine. What an awkward and obtrusive image! It ironically generates the same kind of silent tension in common social settings as would the presence of a completely naked person sitting next to you in the bus, or nonchalantly walking into a bank or a restaurant. Whether one tries to mingle with people while naked or hermetically covered from head to toe, the absurd contrast to what everyone else is wearing screams out loud at the crucial subtleties we commonly take for granted in the spectrum of human relations.

Our clothes keep us warm, seal off and protect our most delicate body parts from environmental damage, conceal our genitals and breasts so as to not rub in everyone’s faces our crude sexual attractiveness or lack there of, but also allow us to invent a public identity through a personalized combination of designs, accessories, and possibly symbols and slogans. So our clothes enhance our individuality but it’sour face that forms the epicenter of our public persona: we cognitively anchor the representation of anyone’s personality to that person’s unique facial features. We are prone to recognize faces out of random mixes of objects whenever possible, so our brains are primed for this. The face takes up a disproportionately large chunk of our mental representation of human beings as children’s drawings illustrate. Eye contact and facial expressions play an important role in how we relate to others during conversations and even in how we warm up to strangers.

The burqa is a monstrous device because it effectively shaves off the most basic and accessible dimension of identity: the face. The woman hiding underneath it is dehumanized in the eyes of her beholders: she is reduced to an indeterminate object of unspecified form and features. A horse can hide under a burqa, or a clown, or a monkey, or a coffin, or a thief, or a ghost, or a mummy, or a giant noodle. Not only does the burqa erase the wearer’s most human and recognizable trait, her face, but it also razes to the ground all other external symbols of identity: the distinctive combinations of clothing items, styles, accessories, jewelry… How can I empathize with someone in a burqa if all I see is a monochromatic faceless shapeless bag? The wearer is practically interchangeable with anyone else wearing a burqa. There is zero potential for deep or subtle interpersonal relations through such a discomforting barrier. It’s alienating on a human level to be the one who is fully open and exposed while your interlocutor is hiding behind an opaque veil. This makes any kind of interaction with burqa-girls intrinsically awkward.

The burqa has also a perverse X factor that elicits laser beams out of my eyes: in its underhanded way it’s so self-righteously slutty! The entire rationale for it is that you need to fully cover every square inch of your face and body lest any random male passerby spontaneously breaks down and starts to compulsively drool (or worse) all over you. You really think you’re such hot shit that it’s a big deal whether anyone can see your hair or face? 



Nobody cares! Nobody is aroused by your stupid hair! Get over it!

Not only does wearing the burqa imply an overly sexualized sense of self, but it also silently spells out a moral condemnation of all women who do not abide by such anal and self-demeaning standards of “modesty”. If your standards for socially proper attire are so far removed from the norm that you are practically living in your own moral planet, and that planet is collapsing into a black hole under its own warped field of ‘judgmentality’, there will be a point where the principle of general cultural relativity breaks down in an asymmetric fashion: As viewed from the PC planet, your style is kind of weird and no fun, but perfectly equivalent to whatever they’ve got over there, and while they might not go out of their way to bond with you for one politically correct excuse or another, you must surely be a great girl underneathand the PC crowd wishes you all the best in life. As viewed from your planet, however, the PC crowd is roaming with lustful immodest sluts who seduce every male in their path by flaunting their face and hair, and are so going to burn in hell for it.

The burqa is eerie, alienating, judgmental, demeaning, dehumanizing, and is calling everyone else a whore.

--crossposted at Kejda.net

Legal Project News Clips: 2/18/13 –2/24/13

Please take a moment to visit and log in at the subscriber area, and submit your city & country location. We will use this information in future to invite you to any events that we organize in your area. Legal Project News Clips: 2/18/13 –2/24/13 The LP works to protect the right in the West to freely discuss Islam, radical Islam, terrorism, and terrorist funding. Our website is http://www.legal-project.org/ News Clips that Shouldn't be Missed: Islamists and their allies clash outside auditorium where Geert Wilders speaks   Fitzsimmons, Hamish.   "Clashes erupt outside Wilders' Melbourne speech," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2013. A large group of angry protesters has scuffled with people attending a Melbourne speech by controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders. There were verbal exchanges on Monday evening as about 200 protesters wrestled with those trying to access the venue at Somerton, in the city's north. The demonstrators took guests' tickets and pushed them to the ground. Lars Hedegaard speaks out after the assassination attempt Hedegaard, Lars.  "The Assassin at the Door," Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2013. A police psychologist has told me that after an attempt on your life, things may appear somewhat fuzzy. After a while details of what happened may all of a sudden become clear as you remember more and more of this most distressing occurrenc Swedish mayor attempts to shame the other Lars, the Muhammad cartoonist   Local Staff.  "Malmö mayor concerned about Islam-critical show," The Local (Sweden), February 20, 2013. The mayor of Malmö has slammed an upcoming exhibition of work by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks, saying he hoped no one would visit the gallery to see artwork he said was "associated with xenophobes". OIC preparing for yet another push to outlaw Islam-related speech NSSB Staff.   "OIC coming back with another attempt to stamp out free speech," National Secular Society Blog, February 21, 2013. Getting the go-ahead from the Cairo Islamic Summit, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been actively trying to get the "denigration of religions" recognized as a criminal offence, according to a top official. Other Clips: Islamist group sues CAN for calling it a terror group Baron Bodissey.  "Did Christian Action Network Defame the Muslims of America?," Gates of Vienna Blog, February 20, 2013. Long-time readers are familiar with Jamaat ul-Fuqra, an organization that was listed as a domestic terror group by the State Department. Its name means "Community of the Impoverished"; it is also known as "Muslims of America", and sometimes calls itself "Muslims of the Americas", since it claims franchises in Canada and the Caribbean. It was founded by a known terrorist, a Pakistani Sufi named Sheikh Mubarik Ali Hasmi Shah Gilani. Over the past thirty years it has established a network of dozens of rural training compounds across the United States and Canada. It recruits new members primarily by proselytizing in the prison system. Tommy Robinson freed from prison Baron Bodissey.  "Tommy Robinson is a Free Man Again," Gates of Vienna Blog, February 21, 2013. Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, was released from prison today. I'm told that his early release was every bit as much of a surprise to him as it was to the rest of us. The continuing campaign against free speech Ledeen, Michael.  "Shut Up or I'll Kill You," PJ Media, February 21, 2013. We're a fractious people, always have been, and our politics have been especially    colorful. I'm a nearly lifelong fan of John C. Calhoun's line about Henry Clay: "Like a mackerel by moonlight, he shines and stinks …". Our political candidates have been mocked for their love affairs, their wooden legs, their false teeth, and their drinking habits. It's not elegant, but rude, insulting talk is one of the products of free speech. CAIR making a federal case to intimidate a teacher about her possible speech Rusty Shackleford.   "CAIR Wants Federal Investigation of Teacher Who May or May Not Have Said Something Stupid," The Jawa Report Blog, February 20, 2013. There was a time when saying don't make a federal case out of it meant that you were making a rather big deal out of something mundane. That is, it was a bad thing to make a federal case out of it. More Danish Muhammad cartoons coming, more Islamist violence to follow?    Sennels, Nicolai.  "One more time: Danish conservative-liberal organisation to re-publish Muhammad cartoons in new docu about free speech," Islam versus Europe Blog, February 22, 2013. The controversial cartoons that were published in Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and triggered a subsequent major diplomatic crisis, will soon be published again. Pakistani Islamists charge their own Ambassador to the US for her "blasphemy" Stuart, Hunter.  "Sherry Rehman, Pakistani Ambassador To The U.S., To Be Investigated For Blasphemy," The Huffington Post, February 21, 2013. A new female crusader for human rights in Pakistan may have just emerged -- with a price on her head.  Sherry Rehman, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, is under investigation by Pakistani police for allegedly blasphemous remarks she made more than two years ago on a Pakistani talk show, Agence France-Press reports. If convicted, Rehman could be sentenced to death.   More articles may be found at http://www.legal-project.org/news-external/

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Eye on Iran: Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Measure to Toughen Iranian Sanctions

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group.    Top Stories NYT: "As Iranian negotiators spoke in positive tones about their resumed nuclear negotiations with the big powers, Congressional lawmakers in Washington introduced legislation on Wednesday that would greatly expand the sanctions on Iran, amounting to what both supporters and critics said would be like a commercial trade embargo if fully carried out. The bipartisan measure, which was expected to pass both the House and the Senate, would build on existing laws that restrict business dealings with Iran, widen the list of blacklisted Iranian companies and individuals and potentially block Iran's access to its foreign bank assets held in euros. That access has been one of the country's few remaining avenues for repatriating profits that are not held in dollars, which have been greatly constricted by other sanctions. The legislation, named the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, also would penalize foreign companies and individuals that violate the American sanctions by threatening them with restrictions on doing business with the United States, a coercive tactic integrated into earlier, narrower sanctions." http://t.uani.com/Y72yec NYT: "Two days of talks between six world powers and Iran over its nuclear program ended on Wednesday with specific agreement for further meetings in March and April over a proposal that would sharply constrain Iran's stockpile of the most dangerous enriched uranium, in return for a modest lifting of some sanctions. But the six powers dropped their demand that Iran shut down its enrichment plant at Fordo, built deep underneath a mountain, instead insisting that Iran suspend enrichment work there and agree to take a series of steps that would make it hard to resume producing nuclear fuel quickly. The six also agreed, in another apparent softening, that Iran could keep a small amount of 20 percent enriched uranium - which can be converted to bomb grade with modest additional processing - for use in a reactor to produce medical isotopes. It was unclear whether any of these new positions would pave the way for any kind of agreement. Iran's negotiators must now take the new proposal back to Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, at a time of intense maneuvering and infighting in Iran." http://t.uani.com/VQ0E1R AFP: "Iran on Wednesday unveiled a draft annual budget that envisages a 40-percent decrease in vital oil revenues, heavily restricted by international sanctions, media reports said. The new budget expects $30 billion (23 billion euros) in oil earnings, down from $51 billion expected last year, and far below the more than $100 billion of actual earnings in the year ending in March 2012, the reports said. It asks for 7,305,000 billion rials ($197 billion at the free market rate and $595 billion at the official rate), a rise in rials of 31 percent on the previous year. But Iran's currency has lost more than 70 percent of its value in the past year, and the draft did not set the exchange rate used in calculating the budget... 'The oil price used in the budget has been set at 95 dollars' per barrel, budget official Rahim Mombeini was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency. 'We expect oil prices not to fall below 100 dollars.'" http://t.uani.com/Xd12sh Nuclear Program WSJ: "After weeks of speculation and an offer from Washington for bilateral discussions about its nuclear program, Iran did sit down with Western powers this week for one-on-one talks but it was with the U.K. and German negotiating teams, not the U.S. The nuclear bilaterals with the U.K. in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, were the first in about three years, according to a British official. A German foreign ministry spokesman was not immediately available but a Western diplomat said the German team has had no bilateral talks with Iran since nuclear talks picked up again in April 2012... The British talks are especially noteworthy. The U.K. has maintained a strong line on the Iran talks-open to a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue but pressing for talks to move quickly. London has said repeatedly that all options, including a military one, remain on the table." http://t.uani.com/YBUmj3 Sanctions AP: "Iran's top leader told the visiting Pakistani president on Wednesday that the two countries should ignore U.S. opposition to construction of a gas pipeline. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran was the only secure source of energy that can meet Pakistan's needs. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was visiting Tehran to finalize a long-awaited gas pipeline deal with Iran. The U.S. is against the project because it wants to isolate Iran economically over fears that the country might ultimately be able to develop a nuclear weapon. Tehran denies the charge, saying its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. 'One should resolutely pass these objections,' Iran's state TV quoted Khamenei as telling Zardari. 'The Islamic Republic of Iran is the only secure source of energy in this region and we are ready to meet Pakistan's needs in this field.'" http://t.uani.com/XhFJnV Terrorism Reuters: "Argentina's Congress approved early on Thursday a agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that Argentine courts have long accused Tehran of sponsoring. Jewish leaders say the pact to set up a 'truth commission' risks undermining the ongoing judicial investigation into the attack, which killed 85 people, but President Cristina Fernandez says it could shed new light on the case after years of deadlock... 'This is the chronicle of a failure foretold,' said opposition lawmaker Eduardo Amadeo, an ex-ambassador to Washington, accusing the government of putting commerce before justice and criticizing Iran's record on human rights. 'We're going to sell out the victims for a barrel of oil.' Others cited Iran's growing imports of farm goods from the South American nation, one of the world's top grains suppliers, and said they feared the commission would undermine the evidence gathered by Argentine prosecutors so far." http://t.uani.com/Xmr6jh Opinion & Analysis FT Editorial: "Iran has this week held talks with the US and other world powers to try and resolve the decade-long impasse over its nuclear programme. Once again, a shaft of light has emerged that will raise hopes that war can be averted. After two days of talks in Almaty in Kazakhstan, Iran agreed to hold two subsequent meetings in March and April aiming to reach a deal that allays western fears it is seeking a nuclear bomb. So a diplomatic process is once again under way that might lead to peace. Anyone who has watched the interminable diplomatic dance over Iran in recent years can be forgiven for being sceptical of success. Twice in the past four years, Iran has ended major meetings with the six world powers - the US, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia - pledging to begin a serious set of negotiations. Over time, those pledges have been undermined by its unwillingness to do a deal. Moreover, while Iran set a positive tone in Almaty on Wednesday, on most other fronts it is taking actions that suggest it is stalling for time. Last week the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Iranians are installing centrifuge spinning machines at their main uranium enrichment site at a faster rate than anticipated. This could put Iran in a better position one day to begin a final dash for the bomb that cannot be stopped by the US and Israel. The IAEA also revealed that Iran was pressing ahead with work on a heavy-water plant at Arak. This could one day give it a plutonium-based route to a bomb. In the face of this, the world has done as much as it can to accommodate the Iranians. The US is openly offering direct and bilateral talks. Western diplomats have pretty much accepted that any deal could result in Iran ending up with a right to enrich uranium for its putative nuclear programme. The US and its allies are even prepared to start peeling back sanctions if Iran makes the first moves to build confidence. But whether Iran will respond positively is unknown." http://t.uani.com/YJ94ZF James Blitz in FT: "The latest meeting between Iran and world powers to try and resolve the dilemma over the Iranian nuclear programme is over. And once again, a shaft of light has emerged that will lead some to hope that military action over the Iranian programme might be averted. After two days of talks in the freezing city of Almaty in Kazakhstan, Iran has told the US and five other world powers that it is prepared to hold a couple more meetings in March and April to try to resolve international concerns that it wants a nuclear bomb. That said, few will want to overplay the significance of this move. Here are three reasons why many western diplomats will be cautious. 1.       Does more meetings just mean stalling for time? In Geneva in 2009 and in Istanbul last April, Iran made similar declarations, giving the green light for further talks on confidence-building measures that went nowhere. So most diplomats will be pretty neutral about Iran agreeing to follow-on talks again. Plenty will worry instead that Iran is stalling for time while it develops its nuclear programme on the ground. 2.       It was the six world powers that came up with the compromises at Almaty - not Iran. At meetings last year, the six asked Iran to agree to a list of concessions - namely, to stop further production of highly enriched 20 per cent uranium; to shut its Fordow enrichment plant; and to ship its existing 20 per cent stockpile out of the country. In return for all this, the six offered some specific economic help but no sanctions relief at all. This time, the international powers said for the first time that in return for these concessions, they would peel back sanctions - on the trade in gold and petrochemicals. Indeed, the six no longer seek complete closure of Fordow, just a commitment to 'reduce the readiness' of the plant. 3.       Iran is steadily building up nuclear capability on the ground. The International Atomic Energy agency reported last week that Iran is installing new IR-1 centrifuges at Natanz at a faster-than-expected rate. This could allow it to make a faster final sprint to a bomb than had been thought. Iran is also pressing ahead with construction of its IR-40 Arak reactor, which could give it a plutonium-based pathway to a weapon. The outcome, therefore, is mixed. The good news is that a chance for a deal to avert military action has again opened up. The bad news is that the timescale within which that deal must be reached - if this epic diplomatic stand-off is not to end in war - has shortened." http://t.uani.com/15Tb70x Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. 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