(December 9, 2019 at 7:47 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(December 9, 2019 at 7:22 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Well, if the veil pre-dates Islam, then Johnson isn't being anti-Muslim, he's being anti-Arab.
And I really, REALLY doubt the claim that many Muslim women go veiled because 'they want to appear modest'. I think it's much more likely that they go veiled because their patriarchal society is mind-wobblingly insecure.
Boru
And if they don't go veiled they'll be stoned.
Again, patriarchal insecurity: 'If people see my wife's face, she'll sleep with them, so I'd better kill her now to save her the shame.'
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson