The hijab (i.e., veil worn by Muslim women) has become a controversial issue for various reasons in the past few weeks. Jack Straw said recently that the muslim veil is a hindrance to cultural integration in Britain. Yesterday, on the other end of the globe, a Muslim cleric named Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali expressed an opinion at the other end of the spectrum comparing women without hijab to uncovered meat. Wah Taj! Kya idea hai. Personally, I am not on either side of the veil which makes my stance "on the veil" because both of them are oversimplifying the issues. Just like all my other blogs, this one too is on a lighter veil..oops..sorry....lighter vein. I am no mind reader, but I am taking a veil guess ...oops ...sorry...wild guess here that the cleric would be strictly opposed to the 3 piece beach suit (hat, sunglasses and sandals)
Lets get these two guys to have a debate and not let them out of the room until one pre-veils over the other.
Location: Wales, UK or New South Wales, Australia
Duration: Difficult to predict
Moderator: Hugh Heffner (that should make it fun)
End Result: A law that would make the hijab mandatory for every woman or a law that would make the hijab illegal
Either way, good things are going to come out of this. Either you will have a fully integrated British society or its the end of sexual assault on women.
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i think the aussie-import-cleric has forgotten to check the dictionary recently.. and confused 'veil' and 'veal'.. may b he should be asked to stay in hijab for the next 3 years of his life and experience the 'undercover' meat market firsthand. john howard zindabad.. good to hear his comments.. also, glad to hear that the guy was punished in any way.. however small.
ReplyDeletefinal comments (not forgetting this is a pun site):
1. the cleric, in order to have so much time to say useless things, is a very veil-a guy (in delhi-speak, it means one with a lot of time at his disposal to waste)
2. he can veil (wail) and cry all he wants, but no one has the time to take him seriously
3. veil done john howard!!
Looks like Scott Adams and I were wondering about the same topics today! Read this
ReplyDeletehttp://dilbertblog.typepad.com/
for a much funnier take on the same subject.