But would you want her to marry one?

[kateorman]

I am captivated by Waleed Aly's People Like Us: How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West. Based on the fifty or so pages I devoured today, I would recommend it unreservedly. Not only is it clear and readable, but Aly's ire is directed both at Western and Islamic pundits who talk rubbish. More from this book once my deadline's passed

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[hergrace]

This summons the image of a rebellious teenager glaring out from her covering at the dinner table. "Erm, dear? You're not supposed to wear it inside the house. Pass the peas."

I think this needs to be made into a cartoon. It's brilliant.

[dreamer_easy]

:D

[hnpcc]

Personally if I had a daughter who turned up in a burqa to the dinner table I'd be too curious as to how exactly she proposed to eat to say anything. (OK, I'd be laughing, I admit.)

Seriously though, is this the new "Look Who's Coming To Dinner" sentence? Because if it is it's stupid.

Also - to quote Ed Husain, author of "The Islamist" which I highly recommend - why do we always have to judge our culture's worth by how our women choose to dress? Sheesh.

(I also recommend reading "People in Glass Houses" by Tanya Lewin, preferably reading in close temporal proximity to "The Islamist" - amazing how much of the Christian and Islamic teenage fundamentalist culture crossed over. Or, you know, not surprising at all really, being a very black and white picture of the world and all.)

[dreamer_easy]

Thanks for those recs! Ooh, in fact, I should be able to snag both of those today (on the way back from the dentist, lol).

Women always get to be the battlefield - from faux feminist posturing all the way up to rape as ethnic cleansing. IMHO it's a mistake for either Muslimahs or their non-Muslim sisters to join in, whether it's Elizabeth Farrelly's lazy newspaper column, or the blanket claims of protester Fautmeh Ardati about how Western women don't get no respect.

[outsdr]

I now have the movie Beetlejuice playing through my head with Winona Rider now dressed in a burqa throughout the entire movie.

[dreamer_easy]

Winona Rider... OR IS IT??