tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post4996927852681832801..comments2023-06-30T14:35:38.366+01:00Comments on Burrowers, Books & Balderdash: Burqa Sales on the RiseHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-63589965842797857442011-01-08T20:06:16.856+00:002011-01-08T20:06:16.856+00:00i, too, am glad that your initial reaction was the...i, too, am glad that your initial reaction was the wrong conclusion. Change, no matter how slow, is still change. However, this seems to be speeding along in just one generation.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-89453817571206526242011-01-05T11:32:32.119+00:002011-01-05T11:32:32.119+00:00@ Leigh - I am sure anyone would have reacted in a...@ Leigh - I am sure anyone would have reacted in a similar way. Teaches us not to trust first impressions always.<br /><br />A madrassa is a school where you get religious AND secular instruction from Islamic clerics, in Urdu, Persian or Arabic. Good religious education, but unfortunately not one that is too useful in getting jobs.<br /> <br />@ Hart- there are stories of men wearing burqas and entering ladies compartments to ogle. Is that what you were thinking about?<br /><br />@ Colene- explanation above :-)<br /><br />@ Cold As Heaven- bet she would have loved it ;-)<br />Don't get me started on religion. Remember I have lived my entire life in a country which is a powder keg of religious tension. I wish people would just keep religion at home.<br /><br />@ Jan- I am all for education, specially education of the girl child. Only by empowering her can you bring about sustainable social, economic and political change in the world.<br />And people who never before educated their daughters are now starting to- good for them, good for us.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-79022197294759625552011-01-05T01:38:49.874+00:002011-01-05T01:38:49.874+00:00Wonderful way your mind works - the shifting from ...Wonderful way your mind works - the shifting from bad to good news with the same information. Terrific! And yes, I understand from reading many different sources about this that the only thing that will solve world poverty is the education of young girls. The only thing. Think about it. Goodness.Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-13290401769581121562011-01-04T20:38:50.723+00:002011-01-04T20:38:50.723+00:00I considered buying a burka for my wife for Christ...I considered buying a burka for my wife for Christmas present, but ended up with a couple of books instead.<br /><br />Just joking. Going to school in a burka is better than not going to school. Education of the girls is probably the most important issue to change muslim society. Reforms must come from the inside.<br /><br />I must admit that I dislike religion (all of them, possibly except budhhism). The burka regime is a sad example of how religion is used to control an repress people.<br /><br />In Satan we trust >:D<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-39813694434325815402011-01-04T18:44:44.903+00:002011-01-04T18:44:44.903+00:00I was wondering about a madrassas too.
Really in...I was wondering about a madrassas too. <br /><br />Really interesting! Thanks for enlightening us!Colene Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086195075690893194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-67092843608037979622011-01-04T16:46:46.866+00:002011-01-04T16:46:46.866+00:00So interesting how what first appears to be one th...So interesting how what first appears to be one thing then becomes another with a little more information. We can also hope maybe some cross dressing men are buying burqas... or maybe that's just me...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-52869901236144850802011-01-04T15:35:06.122+00:002011-01-04T15:35:06.122+00:00so it's a good thing... how odd. I would'v...so it's a good thing... how odd. I would've had the same initial reaction as you, but I'm so ignorant of the meaning of these things. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your insight/educating me! :D <3<br /><br />P.S.<br />What's a madrassas?LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.com