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Submitted by john w mcginley (United States), Jul 17, 2011 at 16:40

Professor Pipes: I'm talkin' to you! Don't be so cynical. Modesty is a good thing. Religious traditions in Westerm Democracies used to have the effect of promoting modesty. That's gone and the western democracies are poorer in spirit and in health for that reason. Modesty and beauty do not exclude each other. Indeed modesty has the effect of raising sexual intrigue. A women with a dress or skirt down to her ankles gets my interest a lot quicker than a woman parading down Main Street in what used to be reserved for beach attire. This development in Islam is a very hopeful one. I endorse it and I wish some of that reserve one finds in Islamic countries could be transposed to our country. We would be better off. Jewish Orthodox women tend to have that reserve and yet they are most attractive. I'm usually with you. But you are setting the wrong tone on this one. Be well.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Islamic Fashion Going Global [43 words]Adiba KhanApr 2, 2015 11:44222600
1Fashion is as irrelevant as Islamophobia [46 words]Drew BarrJul 26, 2011 08:17187710
1What's next? [89 words]PeggyJul 21, 2011 23:54187615
The Islamic Festival goes to Milan [156 words]AnneJul 21, 2011 10:32187600
1The "Islamic Fashion festival" Goes to Milan [85 words]S.C.PandaJul 20, 2011 03:54187574
Let us reduce it to financial interests [53 words]TejJul 19, 2011 11:17187553
5Why do so many muslim men marry out of their religion [159 words]TejJul 18, 2011 11:03187531
3Marrying-up with self-loathing, masochistic female creatures offers much to gain and nothing to lose. [112 words]marianaJul 25, 2011 16:13187531
9Respect for what???? [121 words]SusanJul 17, 2011 23:27187521
4The entire ad stinks of hypocrisy [240 words]PrashantJul 19, 2011 11:44187521
When will the Piper be paid? [69 words]marianaJul 24, 2011 14:48187521
Making up thingS? [36 words]Amin RiazAug 5, 2011 22:54187521
2Not making it up [2 words]SusanAug 7, 2011 00:32187521
1Make & Twist [174 words]Amin RiazAug 9, 2011 11:21187521
4Allah and women: Women lack in intellect [340 words]dhimmi no moreAug 10, 2011 08:57187521
3al-munafiq al-kabeer [161 words]dhimmi no moreAug 10, 2011 09:20187521
3In Hadhan should be in hadhayne [121 words]dhimmi no moreAug 12, 2011 07:12187521
Dhimmi Reduce to Uselessness [75 words]Amin RiazAug 12, 2011 07:19187521
2The Quranic mistake of the day [242 words]dhimmi no moreAug 14, 2011 09:09187521
no need to be cynical [159 words]john w mcginleyJul 17, 2011 16:40187516
Dr Pipes is not cynical [121 words]PrashantJul 20, 2011 22:59187516
1Islam garb, shown by Italian models is an oxymoron of its abuse of women [59 words]NuritGJul 17, 2011 15:53187514
Fashion and Sharia. [14 words]steven LJul 17, 2011 12:46187502
CERTAINLY! [4 words]marianaJul 24, 2011 14:50187502
1I wouldn't worry [40 words]Abu NudnikJul 17, 2011 11:41187493
Another fad [21 words]aspaciaJul 17, 2011 09:38187487
Good on you Anna! Consider this: [92 words]marianaJul 25, 2011 16:35187487
2Islamic deception at it's best [133 words]AnnaJul 17, 2011 06:35187472
Strange [41 words]Amin RiazAug 9, 2011 20:58187472
4GLARING and MASSIVE mistakes in the Qur'an more of them [199 words]dhimmi no moreAug 13, 2011 08:30187472
1Niquab ? [146 words]AnnaAug 14, 2011 19:05187472
No they are not [49 words]Amin RiazAug 15, 2011 13:55187472
Your word against mine then [152 words]AnnaAug 16, 2011 16:47187472
wrong [78 words]Amin RiazAug 16, 2011 19:46187472

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