{"id":36661,"date":"2016-09-13T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T00:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=36661"},"modified":"2016-09-13T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T00:26:20","slug":"on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html","title":{"rendered":"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36662\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/burkini759.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36662\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36662\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/burkini759.jpg\" alt=\"Burkiniaani \" width=\"595\" height=\"331\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two examples of the \u201cburkini\u201d \u00a0(Tim Wimbourne\/Reuters, Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/439723\/burqa-ban-isis-ban\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes\u2019s reasoning on <em>burqas<\/em>, above.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From what I\u2019ve seen of them, though, it doesn\u2019t seem to apply to <em>burkinis<\/em>, which \u2014 at least in the ones that I\u2019ve seen photos of \u2014 don\u2019t appear\u00a0to permit any substantial room for hiding weapons or explosives. \u00a0(No more than there would be in a more typical dress or pantsuit.)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here\u2019s an interesting article about the <em>burkini<\/em> debate and attendant issues in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/07\/opinions\/burkini-ban-france-myriam-francois-opinion\/?iid=ob_mobile_article_footer_expansion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/07\/opinions\/burkini-ban-france-myriam-francois-opinion\/?iid=ob_mobile_article_footer_expansion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\u201d \u00a0 I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes\u2019s reasoning on burqas, above. \u00a0 From what I\u2019ve seen of them, though, it doesn\u2019t seem to apply to burkinis, which \u2014 at least in the ones that I\u2019ve seen photos of \u2014 don\u2019t appear\u00a0to permit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On the clothing worn by some Muslim women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas&quot; &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes&#039;s reasoning on burqas, above.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas&quot; &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes&#039;s reasoning on burqas, above.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sic et Non\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/files\/2016\/09\/burkini759.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan Peterson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Peterson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html\",\"name\":\"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/77113e9b09701bd1599fa272c4f65045\"},\"description\":\"&nbsp; &nbsp; \\\"ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\\\" &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes's reasoning on burqas, above.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/\",\"name\":\"Sic et Non\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/77113e9b09701bd1599fa272c4f65045\",\"name\":\"Dan Peterson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ed1a72d26805e35a503e3167599df7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ed1a72d26805e35a503e3167599df7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dan Peterson\"},\"description\":\"\\\"Life was very unsatisfying until I discovered Dan's blog, which gave me a reason to live.\\\" (gemli, 7 November 2019)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/author\/danpeterson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women","description":"&nbsp; &nbsp; \"ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\" &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes's reasoning on burqas, above.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women","og_description":"&nbsp; &nbsp; \"ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\" &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes's reasoning on burqas, above.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html","og_site_name":"Sic et Non","article_published_time":"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/files\/2016\/09\/burkini759.jpg"}],"author":"Dan Peterson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan Peterson","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html","name":"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-14T00:26:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/77113e9b09701bd1599fa272c4f65045"},"description":"&nbsp; &nbsp; \"ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas\" &nbsp; I can understand, and am not unsympathetic to, Daniel Pipes's reasoning on burqas, above.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/on-the-clothing-worn-by-some-muslim-women.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"On the clothing worn by some Muslim women"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/","name":"Sic et Non","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/77113e9b09701bd1599fa272c4f65045","name":"Dan Peterson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ed1a72d26805e35a503e3167599df7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ed1a72d26805e35a503e3167599df7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dan Peterson"},"description":"\"Life was very unsatisfying until I discovered Dan's blog, which gave me a reason to live.\" (gemli, 7 November 2019)","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/author\/danpeterson"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}