Dr. Sanity dissects an article written by a western feminist who converted to Islam in YVONNE STRANGELOVE, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Veil. I certainly can’t improve on such a skillful take-down, but one sentence really caught my eye.
Yes, it is a religious obligation for Muslim women to dress modestly, but the majority of Muslim women I know like wearing the hijab, which leaves the face uncovered, though a few prefer the nikab. It is a personal statement: My dress tells you that I am a Muslim and that I expect to be treated respectfully, much as a Wall Street banker would say that a business suit defines him as an executive to be taken seriously.
Was she not treated respectfully, based on her attire, before she converted? Does she think she’s entitled to an extra measure of respect for adhering to a faith that, however you may argue philosophically treats women, in actuality abuses and subjugates them worldwide? What about being a Muslim makes her expect to be treated respectfully, as opposed to how others are treated and how she was treated before converting?
Perhaps she expects respect based on the fact that adherents of Islam are the planetary equivalent of the schoolyard bully. Hand over that lunch money, dweeb, or we’ll riot, burn cars, sue you, and you just never know when my cousin will come looking for you. He’s crazy, he’ll cut your head off or blow you up. So hand it over!
Is there any other reason why Muslims would expect to be treated respectfully? Those recent scientific developments? New drug inventions? The way that they used some of those billions of dollars they get for oil for micro-loans, revitalizing the Palestinian economy and eradicating the worst of the poverty? :::crickets chirping::: Islam, what have you done for me lately?
Sister Toldjah has more on the writer, including this quote, “I’d rather put up with a brother like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi any day than have a traitor or sell-out for a father, son or grandfather.“.
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