Comments on: Friday Links — October 24, 2008

By: Fatemeh

Fatemeh — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:26 +0000

@ Dude: ‘Twasn’t apparent.

@ Sara: Friday links are about Muslim women. Rajavi is a Muslim woman, and she was in the news. No “sly promotion” there.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:35:57 +0000

Ok, I don’t know how to put this, and whether I have a point here. I was totally surprised to see the link about Rajavi here.
I don’t know what your criteria for including a link are, and maybe this sounds a bit senseless, but I find any reference of them in the media that does not reflect what criminal terrorists they are to help their agenda of sly promotion and legitimization.
I don’t think you have such intentions of course, but just had to say this

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:10:53 +0000

(‘Twas a joke)

By: Fatemeh

Fatemeh — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:59:18 +0000

@ Dude: No. My intent was to highlight that his opinion about headscarves in schools isn’t warranted or appropriate. By the sound of his Islamophobic opinion, it sounds like he shouldn’t make immigration policy, either.

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:40:36 +0000

The U.K.’s newest immigration minister thinks that headscarves shouldn’t be allowed in schools. I think he should stick to immigration.

You want the minister to prevent people wearing headscarves from immigrating to the UK?

By: Fatemeh

Fatemeh — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:54:15 +0000

@ Farah: thanks for your comment.

@ Melinda: bwahahaha! No! I wish I was always that witty.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:24:50 +0000

“tomboyism is gateway behavior to lesbian sex”??? That’s hilarious.

Also, was this pun intentional? “Radio Netherlands covers the headscarf in Iran.”

But the five-year-old girl… That’s horrifying and disgusting.

By: Farah Mendlesohn

Farah Mendlesohn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:03:18 +0000

Hi, the comment on Muslim marriages not being legal in the UK in one of the articles gives slightly the wrong impression. The ceremony itself is not recognised, but any building can (since the latest reforms) be licensed for marriage, and anyone can train to perform one, so it is perfectly feasible now (as it was not in the past) for a Mosque to both be licensed and have a licensed imam..