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Dutch fear for loss of votes
Reader comment on item: Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab Too
Submitted by William Hohage (Netherlands), Aug 2, 2007 at 11:00
One member of the Dutch parliament presented a proposal to forbid the burqa and the naqib. We have in the Netherlands hundred of thousands muslims. The other parties in paliament were afraid that endorsement of this proposal might cost them votes...so the proposal was rejected. Opinion polls have indicated that more than 70% of the Dutch population raise an opposition against burqas and niqabs.
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| Update on Islamic Republic of Iran... [147 words] | Terry | Sep 22, 2022 10:36 | 286751 | ||
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| Khomeini should accept that Islam is unsustainable [170 words] | Prashant | Oct 3, 2022 23:24 | 286751 | ||
| 1 | When Religion Fails - Where Does One Find Solace If Reliance on HIgher Power Fails [153 words] | M Tovey | Oct 4, 2022 14:45 | 286751 | |
| 1 | Sustained intellectual pressure on Islamic hypocrisy must continue [182 words] | Prashant | Oct 5, 2022 03:50 | 286751 | |
| 1 | Concept of Religion Will Not/Does Not Change - Only Willingess to Its Adherency is Variable [127 words] | M Tovey | Oct 6, 2022 18:35 | 286751 | |
| Death of a woman in Iran and unsustainability of Islam [289 words] | Prashant | Sep 19, 2022 05:58 | 286592 | ||
| 4 | Say her name: MAHSA AMINI the victim or religious fascism and the evil BBC [176 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 19, 2022 13:01 | 286592 | |
| 1 | Adding Mahsa Amini's Name to the List of Honored Fallen Voices of Freedom [125 words] | M Tovey | Sep 19, 2022 20:03 | 286592 | |
| Good article by Times.Com and Islam's micro-management of people's life. [267 words] | PRASHANT | Sep 20, 2022 04:38 | 286592 | ||
| 1 | Say her name: MAHSA AMINI the victim of religious fascism and the evil Twitter Mullahs [85 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 20, 2022 06:55 | 286592 | |
| Things Done in the Name of Religion That Betrays Why Religion Cannot Serve Justice to a God That Requires Service in Love [202 words] | M Tovey | Sep 20, 2022 14:35 | 286592 | ||
| Obvious Contradictions of Why Religion Cannot Rule in Government [126 words] | M Tovey | Sep 21, 2022 17:21 | 286592 | ||
| 1 | MAHSA AMINI and NPR at Last Calls it "Hijab"! Oh "Headscarf"? It is Gone. I wonder why! [310 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 25, 2022 08:02 | 286592 | |
| 1 | Iran is an Elected Member of the UN Commision of Womens Rights! Mashallah! [48 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 25, 2022 11:35 | 286592 | |
| 1 | Mahsa Amini and the misguided and woke Legacy Media [168 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 26, 2022 06:43 | 286592 | |
| Irrationality of an Ideology That Cannot Frame a Reasonable Cause for Causing Such a Tragedy - Crimes of a Government Out of Control [155 words] | M Tovey | Sep 26, 2022 18:20 | 286592 | ||
| 1 | The Clueless Lefties are Totally Lost about the Cause of the Recent Uprising in Iran by Iranian Women [219 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 4, 2022 12:22 | 286592 | |
| 1 | Hijab is NOT a symbol of diversity. [104 words] | Prashant | Oct 5, 2022 00:58 | 286592 | |
| Tone Deafness of Progressive Ideological Bent of Not Wasting Resources on a Cause They Cannot Control [121 words] | M Tovey | Oct 5, 2022 18:31 | 286592 | ||
| The Hashtag #حرق_النقاب or Burn The Niqab is trending on twitter [104 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 18, 2018 13:43 | 244288 | ||
| Right On [61 words] | Mark D | Mar 1, 2014 13:26 | 213515 | ||
| 1 | Free These Women [72 words] | Mark D | Mar 1, 2014 01:52 | 213504 | |
| 1 | 2013 Today the burka and hijab are still way too common in the West [111 words] | Phil Greend | Feb 23, 2013 10:00 | 203803 | |
| 2 | Western Assumptions [113 words] | Amelia Dawson | Mar 30, 2013 10:54 | 203803 | |
| ... expresion [30 words] | Matias | Apr 7, 2013 12:40 | 203803 | ||
| 2 | Banning is harsh, but local laws must be followed [102 words] | stanley b | Dec 12, 2012 01:23 | 201366 | |
| Every woman needs to have the choice [62 words] | segud | Jun 26, 2012 15:37 | 196714 | ||
| 18 | The bizarre case of Carnita Matthews [345 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 22, 2011 16:40 | 186616 | |
| 1 | Articles naming Ibrahim Galiel being pulled or rewritten [53 words] | Mullah Lodabullah | Jun 23, 2011 02:24 | 186616 | |
| 4 | The bizarre case of Carnita Matthews revisited [160 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 24, 2011 05:30 | 186616 | |
| 1 | When tolerance and respect turn into our enemies: false accusations, silent love jihad and overgrowing numbers of converts in Australia [430 words] | A very concerned reader | Mar 27, 2021 18:55 | 186616 | |
| Carnitta Matthews and corruption of societies by Muslims [468 words] | Prashant | Sep 22, 2022 13:10 | 186616 | ||
| More on Carnitta Matthews [140 words] | Prashant | Sep 22, 2022 13:36 | 186616 | ||
| 1 | When in rome.......... [50 words] | Freedom'and justice | May 23, 2011 04:52 | 185486 | |
| 3 | THUMBS down to disney [211 words] | IVY | Oct 22, 2010 18:57 | 179550 | |
| 8 | The Burqa offends me [93 words] | Jerry | Sep 29, 2010 07:32 | 178804 | |
| 3 | Burqa/Niqab [443 words] | Julie Fogarty | Jul 15, 2011 20:35 | 178804 | |
| 3 | burqa bustieres and bras [271 words] | jerome Henen | Jul 17, 2011 14:15 | 178804 | |
| 2 | WHAT!!!!!!! [9 words] | Badr Huda | May 31, 2010 19:15 | 173592 | |
| Ban the Burqa and niqab etc. [85 words] | Akume | Jul 18, 2010 09:48 | 173592 | ||
| 1 | DONT BAN THE BURKA [94 words] | imogen | May 7, 2010 05:23 | 172337 | |
| 1 | Burqua/Purdha [10 words] | Dinakara rao | May 4, 2010 03:38 | 172095 | |
| hijab, veil, niqab and burqa are not Islamic, not according to The Quran. [54 words] | Alen | May 3, 2010 08:43 | 172034 | ||
| 1 | Quran states wearing a veil [228 words] | Muslimah | Sep 5, 2011 23:24 | 172034 | |
| 5 | it's ok to wear it IN YOUR COUNTRY NOT IN EUROPE [47 words] | Diana | Apr 30, 2010 14:56 | 171922 | |
| 1 | this is my country [24 words] | fiona | May 2, 2010 11:38 | 171922 | |
| Nobody is going to Romania, the Sick & poor country of Europe ! [713 words] | Mohammad, CPA | May 11, 2010 23:53 | 171922 | ||
| 1 | what if this is our country? We are just as much citizens as you are. [46 words] | najma | May 24, 2010 04:51 | 171922 | |
| 1 | Burka et al. [32 words] | vivi | Jun 10, 2010 13:15 | 171922 | |
| 2 | We Need To Assimilate To Be Accepted [175 words] | D.K. Milgrim-Heath | Apr 30, 2010 07:46 | 171894 | |
| 1 | Modesty [275 words] | Rashid | Apr 22, 2010 02:25 | 171562 | |
| Modesty and personal Taste in Dresses with the women of the World. [523 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Apr 29, 2010 00:14 | 171562 | ||
| All women around the world need to be totally free not subservient to men no matter their religious beliefs [330 words] | D.K. Milgrim-Heath | May 8, 2010 09:18 | 171562 | ||
| Freedom is the First & Foremost Human Rights to all men and Women Equally in the World. [575 words] | Mohammad, CPA | May 8, 2010 23:46 | 171562 | ||
| 1 | Answering Mohammed [278 words] | D.K. Heath | May 11, 2010 18:52 | 171562 | |
| Religion is a matter of personal Belief and this Must not be used to affect Human Life & the Society. [291 words] | Mohammad, CPA | May 14, 2010 05:21 | 171562 | ||
| Burqa [92 words] | Venkata prashant. | Apr 18, 2010 12:34 | 171424 | ||
| 2 | strip naked all muslim [200 words] | asiolian | Apr 20, 2010 12:31 | 171424 | |
| 2 | ban burqa [235 words] | mo | May 11, 2010 15:53 | 171424 | |
| 2 | burquas who thought these things up [163 words] | gwen r. | Oct 23, 2010 18:02 | 171424 | |
| Have a little Respect, Joe [41 words] | Allison | Sep 27, 2011 00:30 | 171424 | ||
| would you like people naked in your house? [9 words] | kiani | Apr 10, 2014 21:57 | 171424 | ||
| 1 | Banning the Niqab [324 words] | The Classical Liberal | Apr 3, 2010 19:15 | 170917 | |
| 2 | Muslim Women be allowed to wear Dresses in the West like Christian Nuns. [385 words] | Mohammad | Apr 30, 2010 08:51 | 170917 | |
| Why? [301 words] | Canadian Muslim | Mar 25, 2010 22:12 | 170628 | ||
| 1 | Response to Why [12 words] | The Classical Liberal | Apr 4, 2010 10:04 | 170628 | |
| 2 | isnt it really hot under the burqa, too? [40 words] | gem | Oct 29, 2010 09:26 | 170628 | |
| 1 | Facial recognition [33 words] | paul jonassen | Mar 17, 2013 16:22 | 170628 | |
| 1 | burqa [60 words] | raj | Mar 2, 2010 06:42 | 169547 | |
| ban the burqa [121 words] | msmills | Jan 27, 2010 19:22 | 168021 | ||
| 1 | One-sided [220 words] | Rove Monteux | Jan 20, 2010 05:01 | 167603 | |
| France, E.U., and America, should ban the Burqa [21 words] | Thomas Pellow | Dec 25, 2009 04:03 | 166250 | ||
| veil [40 words] | maralyn56 | Dec 16, 2009 05:46 | 165923 | ||
| 1 | TAKING A PHOTO OF A PERSON NOT A PIECE OF CLOTH! [39 words] | mary | Nov 30, 2009 08:19 | 165195 | |
| 1 | it is crazy to take a picture of cloth [149 words] | mariah | Oct 23, 2010 17:20 | 165195 | |
| 1 | Agree [93 words] | Sarah | Nov 28, 2009 03:23 | 165148 | |
| 1 | uniform of female jihadists [23 words] | myth | Nov 30, 2009 07:00 | 165148 | |
| when man was not educated he was naked when got a bit he covered half we are enough educated we did so as we can to save females modesty [6 words] | kiani | Apr 10, 2014 21:54 | 165148 | ||
| Burqa Muslim tries to dictate to Spain [12 words] | Thomas Pellow | Sep 29, 2009 07:26 | 162292 | ||
| 1 | A favorite oxymoron [141 words] | Arlinda | Sep 20, 2009 13:31 | 161790 | |
| real freedom [118 words] | Wajiha | Nov 5, 2009 18:32 | 161790 | ||
| 1 | Oxymorons [279 words] | Arlinda | Nov 7, 2009 13:23 | 161790 | |
| Burqa is to women what Confederate flag is to black Americans--a symbol of oppression [73 words] | Lynn | Jun 22, 2009 13:51 | 157775 | ||
| 1 | Ban the Burqa [57 words] | Kaylyn | Jan 15, 2009 23:50 | 148170 | |
| Answer to Kaylyn [167 words] | Haji Syed Mehmood Ali | Oct 31, 2009 03:54 | 148170 | ||
| 4 | AYAAN HIRSI ALI, WHO WAS BORN IN A TRIBAL CLAN FAMILY IN SOMALI, BECAME A REFUGEE IN HOLLAND & SOLD HER CONSCIENCE FOR A SMALL MONETARY BENEFIT. [809 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Sep 25, 2008 14:14 | 139165 | |
| 1 | You are more immoral that Hirsi Ali [212 words] | ForFreedom | Jul 14, 2009 04:16 | 139165 | |
| Thanks Mr Muhammad [52 words] | top jihad | Sep 8, 2009 05:57 | 139165 | ||
| burqa is good every girl.as i think [35 words] | maryam | Oct 16, 2009 01:48 | 139165 | ||
| 1 | READ THIS [31 words] | Rick | Apr 18, 2010 12:49 | 139165 | |
| 1 | Fatwa [25 words] | vivi | Jun 11, 2010 12:43 | 139165 | |
| A person having any Love & Respect for other Religion, Race,Color, Language & Culture, would Never Criticize any Holy Book & the Great Prophet. [242 words] | Mohammad,CPA | Jun 11, 2010 23:37 | 139165 | ||
| My thoughts [67 words] | anoymous | Sep 27, 2010 10:32 | 139165 | ||
| 1 | Religious [25 words] | Mohamed Ibrahim | Jun 17, 2020 06:16 | 139165 | |
| The genius our dear Mohamed and Ayaan Hirsi Ali [105 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 17, 2020 14:44 | 139165 | ||
| THE WEST & MUSLIM WORLD MUST KNOW THAT WEARING OF "BURKHA" BY AFGAN WOMEN IS NOT THE DRESS PRESCRIBED BY HOLY QURAN BUT THE TRIBAL CUSTOMS PRACTISED BY SUCH PEOPLE. [514 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Sep 20, 2008 13:56 | 138900 | ||
| illetratures [19 words] | dayan | Jan 18, 2009 08:04 | 138900 | ||
| Who is your mother in law? [90 words] | Daniela | Jul 30, 2012 14:32 | 138900 | ||
| mark of separation and quick frankly, very bizarre [93 words] | scott french | Sep 8, 2008 11:10 | 138125 | ||
| RE: Fully veiled (niqab) Muslim women and voting in Canada [97 words] | Lilith | Aug 23, 2008 17:12 | 137223 | ||
| COVERING THE COMPLETE FACE OF THE WOMAN IS NOT THE DRESS FOR MUSLIM WOMEN BUT FOR THE IGNORANT PEOPLE. [181 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Sep 26, 2008 19:36 | 137223 | ||
| 1 | Equality [71 words] | dfwhite19438 | Mar 31, 2008 01:41 | 124158 | |
| ban it [123 words] | limpia | Feb 22, 2008 15:35 | 120801 | ||
| It is our right... [186 words] | BeHiNd The VeIl | Feb 29, 2008 15:53 | 120801 | ||
| 1 | Response to Behind the Veil [138 words] | Vermilion | Jun 25, 2008 00:49 | 120801 | |
| 2 | well then if you don't like it here, go back to your own country [133 words] | scott french | Sep 9, 2008 16:13 | 120801 | |
| 1 | Hijab/Niqob/Jilbab is our pride. [149 words] | Emiabata Fawziyyah | Oct 11, 2009 09:50 | 120801 | |
| Headscarves and dresses [212 words] | Meghan | Feb 20, 2008 20:39 | 120649 | ||
| MEN & WOMEN HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO WEAR NICE & BEAUTIFUL DRESSES ACCORDING TO THEIR TASTE. [373 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Sep 26, 2008 19:13 | 120649 | ||
| 1 | approval? [101 words] | stop jihad | Sep 8, 2009 06:05 | 120649 | |
| INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM & CHOICE MUST BE RESPECTED IN THE CIVILIZED SOCIETY. [67 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Sep 9, 2009 03:50 | 120649 | ||
| 1 | Peace [43 words] | Stop Jihad | Sep 13, 2009 16:28 | 120649 | |
| Salam [9 words] | Abu Hafs | Apr 28, 2010 17:11 | 120649 | ||
| The Truth is Always True & Dignified, Ever lasting. [176 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Apr 28, 2010 23:24 | 120649 | ||
| 1 | Civilly Dead [198 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Nov 25, 2007 10:20 | 114762 | |
| 2 | Al Qadri's What's Good for Women [225 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Nov 29, 2007 21:48 | 114762 | |
| Universal muslim uniform of Burqa [65 words] | surya | Dec 2, 2008 05:30 | 114762 | ||
| WEARING BURQA IS NOT UNIVERSAL BUT PERSONAL FOR MUSLIM WOMEN. [146 words] | Mohammad, CPA | Jan 7, 2009 01:24 | 114762 | ||
| 1 | Of course [93 words] | stop jihad | Sep 8, 2009 06:13 | 114762 | |
| Why West is confused about Islamic Hijab? [115 words] | Hammad AlQadri | Oct 24, 2007 17:47 | 112267 | ||
| Hijab only for Home [67 words] | Esmeralda | Oct 25, 2007 03:08 | 112267 | ||
| 1 | MPD [73 words] | donvan | Oct 25, 2007 12:36 | 112267 | |
| Re:MPD (Nicole Queen accepts Islam) [117 words] | Hammad AlQadri | Jan 23, 2008 10:30 | 112267 | ||
| What??? [39 words] | donvan | Jan 23, 2008 20:45 | 112267 | ||
| Re:What??? [31 words] | Hammad AlQadri | Jan 27, 2008 13:55 | 112267 | ||
| Useless... [133 words] | DONVAN | Jan 28, 2008 09:08 | 112267 | ||
| Quran does not suggest hiding of face. [83 words] | Mazhar | Sep 13, 2007 07:52 | 108759 | ||
| 1 | War Has Been Declared [1448 words] | Geno M. | Aug 27, 2007 18:14 | 107075 | |
| probably one of the most ignorant things i've read in my entire life! [199 words] | douggie | Sep 6, 2007 20:22 | 107075 | ||
| 2 | MUSLIMS, SOME OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I NEVER KNEW [538 words] | Geno M. | Sep 7, 2007 17:33 | 107075 | |
| Yeah, well theres the problem [234 words] | ouggie | Sep 11, 2007 02:01 | 107075 | ||
| 1 | ouggie's ignorance is showing [360 words] | jennifer solis | Sep 28, 2007 16:53 | 107075 | |
| yes, misquotations indeed [355 words] | Douggie | Oct 2, 2007 00:36 | 107075 | ||
| Mitigation of Misquotation [332 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 3, 2007 01:12 | 107075 | ||
| 1 | Step right up, Ladies & Gentlemen, Get your Free Quran Verses right here........ [230 words] | jennifer solis | Oct 3, 2007 14:47 | 107075 | |
| You state a great case.. i'm out.. [325 words] | Douggie | Oct 4, 2007 04:19 | 107075 | ||
| dont talk without proof or believe what u hear or watch in mass medias!!!!!!!! [76 words] | pitter | Nov 7, 2007 22:04 | 107075 | ||
| 1 | dougie [36 words] | yogi | Feb 16, 2008 07:33 | 107075 | |
| Islam: for those who seek the truth... [496 words] | ProudMuslimah | Jul 27, 2009 09:42 | 107075 | ||
| No.. [75 words] | Brian Kantz | Sep 30, 2009 17:17 | 107075 | ||
| Attack on Taslima: Where are the Muslim voices of sanity? [902 words] | FB | Aug 25, 2007 10:28 | 106952 | ||
| While I personally [48 words] | danlinsil | Aug 23, 2007 18:38 | 106858 | ||
| I Thought Masks Were Illegal In The United States [27 words] | tabingins911 | Aug 19, 2007 13:32 | 106522 | ||
| Joan Collins in burqa [286 words] | Vijay | Aug 16, 2007 12:48 | 106350 | ||
| On Burqas, etc. [97 words] | Richard | Aug 19, 2007 19:10 | 106350 | ||
| Between Fanatic Secularism and Religious Fanaticism-the case of Tasleema Nasreen [1344 words] | Swati Parashar | Aug 11, 2007 07:03 | 105889 | ||
| 1 | Secularism in India - a farce!!! [482 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 11, 2007 22:03 | 105889 | |
| Swati- even you fell for pretence [167 words] | True Indian | Aug 29, 2007 10:27 | 105889 | ||
| True Indian-You seem to be a guy who sees every revolutionary Muslim as a Communist and Jehadi. [99 words] | BornIndian | Dec 26, 2007 14:45 | 105889 | ||
| I know these people better than you [72 words] | Tue Indian | Dec 31, 2007 22:29 | 105889 | ||
| Any and all !!! [94 words] | dfwhite19438 | Aug 11, 2007 03:36 | 105872 | ||
| Re: Banning the Burqa and the niqab [140 words] | Nate | Aug 9, 2007 14:49 | 105794 | ||
| Down with Burqa and Niqab [79 words] | surj | Aug 14, 2007 18:32 | 105794 | ||
| Feelings Upon Seeing a Burqa [133 words] | Richard | Aug 19, 2007 18:42 | 105794 | ||
| 1 | Moral standings [169 words] | Douggie | Oct 10, 2007 18:41 | 105794 | |
| 1 | Allah Forbids ! [642 words] | kamel krazie | Aug 9, 2007 04:22 | 105766 | |
| Another viewpoint for Ban on Burqa and the Niqab [245 words] | Aamir Ali Ansari | Aug 8, 2007 07:58 | 105683 | ||
| Which valid reasons? [2286 words] | Esmeralda | Aug 9, 2007 00:55 | 105683 | ||
| ban of burqa [83 words] | muhammad waqas | Aug 21, 2007 11:12 | 105683 | ||
| muhmmad waqas [211 words] | surj | Aug 21, 2007 19:15 | 105683 | ||
| suraj [496 words] | muhammad waqas | Aug 23, 2007 05:39 | 105683 | ||
| Islamic Eye Wash by waqqas [114 words] | THE Anti- Islamist | Aug 30, 2007 07:51 | 105683 | ||
| Answer to THE ANTI ISLAMIST [235 words] | muhammad waqas | Sep 12, 2007 06:31 | 105683 | ||
| How do I know who, or even what you are with your face covered? [50 words] | anonymous | Apr 9, 2011 15:08 | 105683 | ||
| To Hide the Truth, or Not [572 words] | M. Tovey | Aug 7, 2007 12:00 | 105625 | ||
| 1 | face coverings should be banned world wide [295 words] | jean | Aug 6, 2007 20:12 | 105595 | |
| Biometric Workaround [67 words] | Stuart Teich | Aug 6, 2007 17:16 | 105585 | ||
| 1 | read my comment [226 words] | myriam | Aug 6, 2007 12:56 | 105572 | |
| 1 | The question is .. [118 words] | donvan | Aug 6, 2007 15:24 | 105572 | |
| 1 | Nonsense [26 words] | dihmmi no more | Aug 6, 2007 18:24 | 105572 | |
| Mother Terasa did great job without niqab, hijab, (reply to myriam) [263 words] | John | Aug 8, 2007 06:37 | 105572 | ||
| donvan read my comment again [337 words] | myriam | Aug 8, 2007 11:02 | 105572 | ||
| to dihmmi no more [11 words] | myriam | Aug 8, 2007 11:06 | 105572 | ||
| 2 | Our dear Myriam [115 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 9, 2007 06:54 | 105572 | |
| 2 | Our dear Myriam but your Allah says that Jesus is God! [24 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 9, 2007 19:19 | 105572 | |
| our dear dhimmi no more [133 words] | myriam | Aug 12, 2007 10:55 | 105572 | ||
| 1 | reply to john [349 words] | myriam | Aug 12, 2007 11:29 | 105572 | |
| Reply Dear myriam [294 words] | John | Aug 13, 2007 05:10 | 105572 | ||
| 1 | Our dear Myriam [81 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 13, 2007 07:21 | 105572 | |
| 2 | Our dear Myriam and the word Jihad [40 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 13, 2007 07:24 | 105572 | |
| 1 | For our dear Myriam: One word: Bogus [25 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 13, 2007 07:27 | 105572 | |
| Quran doesnt say that Jesus PBUH is god [632 words] | Fatima | Aug 13, 2007 23:50 | 105572 | ||
| hijab [170 words] | Fatima | Aug 14, 2007 00:16 | 105572 | ||
| london [115 words] | surj | Aug 14, 2007 17:24 | 105572 | ||
| 2 | Our dear Fatima and her lesson in islamic theology! [196 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 14, 2007 18:14 | 105572 | |
| 2 | Our dear Fatima says that 6M Muslims were killed in Iraq! [18 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 14, 2007 18:28 | 105572 | |
| 1 | Our dear Fatima speaking like a good tablighiya [53 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 14, 2007 18:32 | 105572 | |
| 2 | For our dear Fatima and the Qur'an really says that Jesus is God [55 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 14, 2007 18:40 | 105572 | |
| 2 | good for you. [138 words] | surj | Aug 14, 2007 19:49 | 105572 | |
| 1 | my dear fatima, take a look [379 words] | John | Aug 15, 2007 05:59 | 105572 | |
| 1 | But our dear Fatima your Allah says that jesus is God! [165 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 15, 2007 07:10 | 105572 | |
| 1 | Americans to blame for everything [95 words] | Infidel | Aug 15, 2007 12:43 | 105572 | |
| 2 | SO... [113 words] | DONVAN | Aug 15, 2007 13:10 | 105572 | |
| for dhimmi no more about killings in iraq [345 words] | fatima | Aug 16, 2007 02:07 | 105572 | ||
| for dhimmi [154 words] | fatima | Aug 16, 2007 02:20 | 105572 | ||
| Our dear fatima and One word Bogus [18 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 16, 2007 19:13 | 105572 | ||
| 1 | Our dear Fatima is unaware that her Allah says that the jews and Christians corrupted the Bible! [107 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 16, 2007 19:21 | 105572 | |
| 1 | Our dear Fatima's references are bogus [34 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 16, 2007 19:25 | 105572 | |
| for dhimmi [150 words] | fatima | Aug 17, 2007 20:53 | 105572 | ||
| Comment to Fatima [123 words] | Richard | Aug 20, 2007 20:09 | 105572 | ||
| 2 | Our dear Fatima and the truth [54 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 21, 2007 06:34 | 105572 | |
| where have all the hijabs gone ? [333 words] | mariah | Oct 26, 2010 08:25 | 105572 | ||
| Jesus Is God [206 words] | Uruha Jushinsu | Aug 15, 2012 05:57 | 105572 | ||
| Fully veiled (niqab) Muslim women and voting in Canada [85 words] | J.S. | Aug 6, 2007 11:53 | 105568 | ||
| Burqa Crime and Indian Efforts to Ban Burqua [58 words] | Singha | Aug 6, 2007 00:24 | 105545 | ||
| 2 | These coverings are alarming and offensive [117 words] | Mike Kurtzig | Aug 5, 2007 21:29 | 105544 | |
| 1 | burka and niqab [50 words] | viv parker | Aug 5, 2007 14:10 | 105511 | |
| Masquerading Marauders [169 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Aug 5, 2007 09:19 | 105506 | ||
| 1 | My take on the burqa/niqab [82 words] | Kamel Krazie | Aug 5, 2007 08:34 | 105503 | |
| Veiling of Women was NOT from [166 words] | Mike Ramirez | Aug 3, 2007 21:53 | 105450 | ||
| One Can Dress Modestly In Western Clothes, There Is No Need For The Burqa Or The Niqab [104 words] | AnneM | Aug 3, 2007 20:31 | 105447 | ||
| Adult Vitamin D deficiency causes Osteomalacia [39 words] | Yoel Natan | Aug 3, 2007 14:58 | 105426 | ||
| Covering the face in the USA [286 words] | Gautieri | Aug 3, 2007 14:24 | 105418 | ||
| I find myself in unusual company [406 words] | Richard | Aug 3, 2007 13:37 | 105408 | ||
| Richard, be proud and ignore the hate [55 words] | Allyson Rowen Taylor | Aug 3, 2007 16:44 | 105408 | ||
| 1 | Rationalism [485 words] | Nick4693 | Aug 3, 2007 19:25 | 105408 | |
| 2 | Ban the Burqa : some observations [277 words] | Jaisingh Thakur | Aug 5, 2007 09:35 | 105408 | |
| It all about... [99 words] | donvan | Aug 6, 2007 09:20 | 105408 | ||
| 1 | El "Shish-kibab" [72 words] | joe kaffir | Aug 3, 2007 13:13 | 105404 | |
| 1 | Yes we have the right to .. [56 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 6, 2007 10:38 | 105404 | |
| Burquas and niqabs and hijabs, OH MY! [409 words] | Peter G Jones | Aug 3, 2007 11:25 | 105392 | ||
| 1 | Peter G Jones I have one word for your posting... [213 words] | Timothy | Aug 6, 2007 00:46 | 105392 | |
| Not giving credit for the good [133 words] | David W. Lincoln | Aug 3, 2007 10:57 | 105388 | ||
| Missing the point [141 words] | Subramaniam | Aug 3, 2007 05:52 | 105369 | ||
| 2 | What... [90 words] | donvan | Aug 6, 2007 15:40 | 105369 | |
| good point [26 words] | robert a | Aug 3, 2007 04:49 | 105365 | ||
| A small correction to the article [137 words] | Steven Burbank | Aug 3, 2007 04:27 | 105364 | ||
| Re the cover-up of the female person [325 words] | Jascha Kessler | Aug 2, 2007 23:34 | 105356 | ||
| 2 | Dr Pipes, here we agree once again.. [78 words] | Harrak | Aug 2, 2007 20:21 | 105350 | |
| Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab Too article [56 words] | Barbara | Aug 2, 2007 19:48 | 105346 | ||
| 2 | Disguises [327 words] | Nick4693 | Aug 2, 2007 19:39 | 105345 | |
| 1 | Inciting Anger and Suspicion [371 words] | Robin Dean | Aug 2, 2007 18:59 | 105341 | |
| If the shoe fits [59 words] | Gander | Aug 2, 2007 17:03 | 105337 | ||
| Ban the Burqa for Jefferson [272 words] | Alfonso Valdes | Aug 2, 2007 17:00 | 105335 | ||
| Earth belongs to Muslims [243 words] | Infidel | Aug 2, 2007 16:59 | 105334 | ||
| 2 | Send 'em back [42 words] | Kenny | Aug 2, 2007 16:05 | 105333 | |
| 1 | The niqab (a total covering except for the eyes) [223 words] | Rick | Aug 2, 2007 15:56 | 105331 | |
| 1 | Harrassment for being a woman [133 words] | Will | Aug 3, 2007 18:13 | 105331 | |
| 1 | Roots of Islamic Hijab [721 words] | Jahanshah Rashidian | Aug 2, 2007 15:52 | 105330 | |
| Ban the Burqa : A Reply to Jahanshah Rashidian [291 words] | Jaisingh Thakur | Aug 5, 2007 10:02 | 105330 | ||
| Ban the Burqa [104 words] | Margy Pezdirtz | Aug 2, 2007 15:28 | 105327 | ||
| Burqas, Niqabs, etc. [353 words] | Richard Goodman | Aug 2, 2007 15:06 | 105325 | ||
| How about lunch with a burqa [145 words] | Edmund James | Aug 2, 2007 19:20 | 105325 | ||
| 1 | Arguments of negation are deceptive and in this case delusional [186 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 3, 2007 00:38 | 105325 | |
| No gay man would ever wear a burka out to lunch, or even out to dinner! [33 words] | allyson rowen taylor | Aug 3, 2007 16:46 | 105325 | ||
| This is Really Getting Scary! [216 words] | Rev. Mary Todd Pendergast | Aug 2, 2007 14:14 | 105321 | ||
| As they say, God only help those who help themselves!!! [171 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 3, 2007 10:56 | 105321 | ||
| "Where are the Right-Wing Christians When You Need Them?" [361 words] | Ross Reeves | Aug 3, 2007 11:21 | 105321 | ||
| And it came to pass... [261 words] | donvan | Aug 3, 2007 12:05 | 105321 | ||
| A Rock and a Hard Place! [464 words] | Rev. Mary Todd Pendergast | Aug 7, 2007 19:24 | 105321 | ||
| The Last Lutheran in Anaheim [591 words] | Ross Reeves | Aug 8, 2007 17:11 | 105321 | ||
| Faith of our fathers [163 words] | Ross Reeves | Aug 9, 2007 08:38 | 105321 | ||
| A Rock and a Hard Place! [404 words] | Mary Todd Pendergast | Aug 9, 2007 15:39 | 105321 | ||
| Oliver Cromwell Was a Bad Guy, Yes? [180 words] | Mary Todd Pendergast | Aug 10, 2007 23:45 | 105321 | ||
| is it too late? [130 words] | surj | Aug 14, 2007 15:40 | 105321 | ||
| Thank You and Here is Another Good Book [44 words] | Rev. Mary Todd Pendergast | Aug 15, 2007 23:17 | 105321 | ||
| Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab Too [114 words] | Peter E. Seissler | Aug 2, 2007 14:04 | 105319 | ||
| Muslim insanity [152 words] | Caesar M. Arevalo | Aug 2, 2007 13:51 | 105316 | ||
| Good Point: Where is NOW? [11 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 3, 2007 00:50 | 105316 | ||
| NOW HYPOCRISY [149 words] | Caesar M.Arevalo | Aug 3, 2007 17:17 | 105316 | ||
| treatment of muslim women. [105 words] | surj | Aug 14, 2007 14:35 | 105316 | ||
| Coming out of the closet [100 words] | Caesar M. Arevalo | Aug 14, 2007 21:23 | 105316 | ||
| 1 | Women's Rights [86 words] | Edward Halper | Aug 2, 2007 13:33 | 105315 | |
| Muslim dresses [78 words] | Janusz Kowalik | Aug 2, 2007 13:13 | 105314 | ||
| They showed me in Burqa in Ballwin, MO [20 words] | Mona Yaqoob | Aug 2, 2007 13:13 | 105313 | ||
| Ban the Burqa [35 words] | Iftikhar Ahmad | Aug 2, 2007 12:53 | 105311 | ||
| 1 | Nonsense [75 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 3, 2007 00:54 | 105311 | |
| red mosque shows the advantage of burqa [109 words] | John | Aug 3, 2007 04:52 | 105311 | ||
| The Burka: The Jenny Craig System of the Cave. [193 words] | Maura Collins | Aug 3, 2007 08:24 | 105311 | ||
| this is a good topic and the veil, whatever its called, degrades ones identity, so by means- this is the only method for men to avoid seeing the female ? [44 words] | S.M. Dhawale | Aug 3, 2007 11:10 | 105311 | ||
| re: Ban the Burqa [27 words] | ndn | Aug 3, 2007 14:11 | 105311 | ||
| Ban the Burqa, etc. [121 words] | Richard Goodman | Aug 3, 2007 18:31 | 105311 | ||
| to Iftikhar [11 words] | AS | Aug 6, 2007 16:17 | 105311 | ||
| for abu nudnik [53 words] | fatima | Aug 18, 2007 20:51 | 105311 | ||
| 1 | fatima check this out. [65 words] | surj | Aug 21, 2007 18:23 | 105311 | |
| But there is no coercion in religion! [4 words] | Abu Nudnik | Nov 1, 2007 14:21 | 105311 | ||
| Please try to stay on topic, Fatima [11 words] | Abu Nudnik | Nov 1, 2007 14:27 | 105311 | ||
| 2 | More rape in Afghanistan under the Taliban than on West's nude beaches [112 words] | Abu Nudnik | Nov 1, 2007 14:54 | 105311 | |
| 1 | One you missed :) [52 words] | Diana Dunham-Scott | Aug 2, 2007 12:35 | 105310 | |
| The Burqini [87 words] | Peter, Scotland | Aug 3, 2007 18:40 | 105310 | ||
| 2 | And it is an Australian invention [17 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 4, 2007 16:15 | 105310 | |
| Ban the Burka/Niqab [58 words] | DAVID R. GROESBECK | Aug 2, 2007 11:58 | 105307 | ||
| i am also a victim [131 words] | sushama dhawale | Sep 4, 2007 12:28 | 105307 | ||
| Ban the Niqab, the Burqa and the Burkini too! [173 words] | Allyson Rowen Taylor | Aug 2, 2007 11:30 | 105306 | ||
| Huh! [34 words] | Nick4693 | Aug 2, 2007 19:52 | 105306 | ||
| A sexual deterrent [302 words] | Don | Aug 3, 2007 09:48 | 105306 | ||
| reply to the age of my son, who just returned from Cannes with the topless women [70 words] | Allyson Rowen Taylor | Aug 3, 2007 16:40 | 105306 | ||
| Advantages of Burka [140 words] | gamalieli@hotmail.com | Aug 2, 2007 11:23 | 105305 | ||
| Your counter point is a little weak............. [272 words] | Timothy | Aug 3, 2007 14:47 | 105305 | ||
| There is no other side of the argument [109 words] | Esmeralda | Aug 8, 2007 06:24 | 105305 | ||
| Nefarious cross-dressing [125 words] | Marci | Aug 2, 2007 11:03 | 105303 | ||
 Dutch fear for loss of votes [64 words] | William Hohage | Aug 2, 2007 11:00 | 105302 | ||
| 2 | they are on the winning side [41 words] | surj | Aug 13, 2007 19:54 | 105302 | |
| Difficult to implement [255 words] | NorthernCross | Aug 2, 2007 10:52 | 105301 | ||
| change first amendment. [115 words] | surj | Aug 13, 2007 19:40 | 105301 | ||
| Changing it is throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater [76 words] | NorthernCross | Aug 14, 2007 18:55 | 105301 | ||
| 1 | Civil society, like Islamic society, has behavioral norms [226 words] | Pat | Aug 2, 2007 10:51 | 105300 | |
| 1 | why the headgear... [115 words] | donvan | Aug 2, 2007 14:26 | 105300 | |
| 1 | headgear isn't the issue [284 words] | Pat | Aug 3, 2007 07:44 | 105300 | |
| 1 | Unique dress... [183 words] | donvan | Aug 6, 2007 09:02 | 105300 | |
| Their costume isn't ours to choose [326 words] | Pat | Aug 6, 2007 18:22 | 105300 | ||
| Really great article! [68 words] | June | Aug 2, 2007 10:25 | 105299 | ||
| Religious Travesty (a pun was intended) [15 words] | Godot | Aug 2, 2007 10:25 | 105298 | ||
| 1 | provocation as a way of life [132 words] | G.Vishvas | Aug 2, 2007 10:25 | 105297 | |
| 2 | Burqa will lead us to an Islamic State and there we will have Islamic laws punished by death, crucifixion or the cutting off of the hands and feet (Surah 5:33) [46 words] | Intellectual | Aug 5, 2007 18:14 | 105297 | |
| Dutch Muslims Condemn Burqa Ban [138 words] | Suzy | Aug 9, 2007 04:18 | 105297 | ||
| 2 | muslim ways of infiltration [93 words] | G.Vishvas | Aug 10, 2007 06:00 | 105297 | |
| 1 | More about face-covering [237 words] | Dr William Klein | Aug 2, 2007 10:21 | 105296 | |
| I agree [63 words] | Twana Blevins | Aug 2, 2007 10:16 | 105294 | ||
| Hijab is more sinister than burqa or niqab [187 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mumin Salih | Aug 2, 2007 08:48 | 105289 | ||
| There is no basis in law to ban the hijab [135 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 3, 2007 00:48 | 105289 | ||
| 1 | MODERATE ISLAM IS DEADLIER [315 words] | N.Khan | Aug 3, 2007 16:49 | 105289 | |
| 2 | This is why the west does not get it! [139 words] | Mumin Salih | Aug 3, 2007 17:11 | 105289 | |
| Thank You N.Khan- Civil Liberty by " Moderate" Muslims means Islamist Libertinage. [90 words] | Ynnatchkah | Aug 4, 2007 02:59 | 105289 | ||
| The vitamin D law. [43 words] | Brian H | Aug 4, 2007 16:51 | 105289 | ||
| Mumin Salih and the argument that has a kidney failure [103 words] | Harrak | Aug 5, 2007 09:27 | 105289 | ||
| 1 | How I Came to Love the Veil [1178 words] | Julie Hassan | Aug 6, 2007 15:30 | 105289 | |
| 1 | Julie unveil this for me please..... [199 words] | Kamel Krazie | Aug 8, 2007 05:27 | 105289 | |
| 1 | Reply to Julie hasan [17 words] | John | Aug 9, 2007 08:32 | 105289 | |
| london [74 words] | surj | Aug 12, 2007 14:17 | 105289 | ||
| Sikhs were ahead of Muslims in the blow up business. Ref: AIR INDIA [129 words] | Harrak | Aug 13, 2007 10:57 | 105289 | ||
| Muslims are good at "taqqiya" (art of deception) [250 words] | surj | Aug 13, 2007 19:14 | 105289 | ||
| 1 | Sikhs are loyal to their country of residence and Muslims are only loyal to cause of Islamist Terror [308 words] | Charan | Aug 14, 2007 01:28 | 105289 | |
| Harrak , Please read to know that majority of Sikh Gurus were tortured and murdered by Muslims. [19 words] | Khalsa | Aug 14, 2007 01:30 | 105289 | ||
| Harrak mon cher [43 words] | Kamel krazie | Aug 14, 2007 05:02 | 105289 | ||
| about criticism [118 words] | Harrak | Aug 14, 2007 15:04 | 105289 | ||
| what is the point !! Sikh martyrs [147 words] | Harrak | Aug 14, 2007 15:13 | 105289 | ||
| I agree partly [101 words] | Harrak | Aug 14, 2007 20:19 | 105289 | ||
| Harrak , go and read about Honour Killings of daughters , sister and female family members by muslims [236 words] | Khalsa | Aug 15, 2007 02:06 | 105289 | ||
| Khalsa [22 words] | Harrak | Aug 15, 2007 22:24 | 105289 | ||
| who borrowed whose [85 words] | surj | Aug 19, 2007 20:25 | 105289 | ||
| Go and read Sikh History and Compare with 1400 years of Islamism. [105 words] | Panth | Aug 22, 2007 03:15 | 105289 | ||
| 1 | Sikhs are law abiding people and they have existed peacefully with people of every religion . [191 words] | Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa | Aug 22, 2007 03:25 | 105289 | |
| Harrak has no idea about what is Sikhism and what it stands for ! [294 words] | Sandeep | Aug 22, 2007 03:30 | 105289 | ||
| Panth, the hair cut and the perfume argument [143 words] | Harrak | Aug 23, 2007 11:01 | 105289 | ||
| Remember [188 words] | Monte | Oct 12, 2007 22:45 | 105289 | ||
| Sikh - NO hair CUT policy [107 words] | Singh | Oct 14, 2009 23:20 | 105289 | ||
| The turban [66 words] | Harrak The Handsom | Oct 19, 2009 15:39 | 105289 | ||
| Misleading [59 words] | James | Nov 18, 2011 15:43 | 105289 | ||
| 1 | Publicly Identifiable = Accountable [117 words] | Monty | Aug 2, 2007 08:46 | 105288 |
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