Category Archives: Fashion

Veiled Values

By Guest | Published: August 9, 2010
This is a cross-post by Kenan Malik In his bestselling book America Alone, the Canadian writer Mark Steyn fantasises about the state of Europe in 2020. The Islamists have stormed to power right across the continent. No English pub can sell alcohol. Holland’s gay clubs have been relocated to San Francisco. And every French woman is [...]
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The Hijab Debate

By Effendi | Published: July 20, 2010
This is re-post by Yossarian This is a very interesting take on the hijab debate – a video about a British Muslim woman who decided to take off the hijab after realising she was wearing it not for personal pious reasons but political ones – contrary to what Islamists claim. She is of the opinion that [...]
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Women: Cover up and shut up

By Guest | Published: September 30, 2009
This is a guest post by Ibn Khaldun **** The Times recently gave space to Fatima Barkatulla to present a hopelessly misleading defence of the niqab (or, as the Times fawningly describes it, “[a]n insider guide to common misconceptions”). Fatima attempts to address seven issues that have been raised around the Niqab. The piece is here for all [...]
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The Hijab Debate

By Yossarian | Published: August 6, 2009
This is a very interesting take on the hijab debate – a video about a British Muslim woman who decided to take off the hijab after realising she was wearing it not for personal pious reasons but political ones – contrary to what Islamists claim. She is of the opinion that it’s better for society [...]
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Sohaib Saeed: Forced veiling is “abhorrent”

By Guest | Published: July 1, 2009
This is a guest post by Al-Qanaas Al-Masri ******************** Sohaib Saeed, a leading light of the Scottish Islamic Foundation and a former spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain, has publicly expressed his opposition to countries and individuals that believe that women should be forced to veil or wear hijab. In a letter to The Metro opposing Sarkozy’s [...]
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Forced into Hijab: a response to Katharine Quarmby

By Houriya | Published: May 15, 2009
(This article of mine was originally published in First Draft, the Prospect Magazine blog, 18 March 2009) In Britain, freedom of consciousness and liberalism thrive. Women can choose to wear the hijab (headscarf) or not, and so Katharine Quarmby can ponder at will its aesthetic and fashion implications. In Iran, however, such a luxury is unimaginable. A woman’s worth and modesty is dictated by misogynist Islamist clerics who force women to wear the hijab and throw feminists in jail for daring to protest for equal human rights.
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