They were banned from public view, commanded to wear a garment known as a burqua, which covers a woman from head to toe, revealing not even her eyes. ❋ Unknown (2005)
The same hypocrisy is at work re their deafening silence on oppression of women, the burqua, honour killings and genital mutilations in the Islamic world while crying over corporate glass ceilings and the like. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)
Fortuneatly for you, there are those willing to die, to torture to do what is needed to keep you from being forced to wear a burqua, to allow us to disagree and express those disagreements freely in forums such as this. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Go back to fawning over the 60's and the weathermen ..... the only way to keeps women from the burqua and taliban sharia rule is to eliminate them. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The veil and burqua are signs of submission and male superiority. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)
We may reason that banning the burqua is intolerant. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Just a note though, a Islamic headdress does not necessarily mean a burqua. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Blairs Poo-faced Babes and Boobies would do us a real favour if they donned the burqua, and a potential side benefit of full body scanners is that they wouldn't need to take them off in public places. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I think you run an important weblog, but when anyone writes about banning anything, be it the burqua or any other infantile piece of wish-fulfilment, I feel weary. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It infuriates me no end when I see a woman wearing a burqua. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Contrary to the popular Western opinion that these women veil because they are duped into patriarchal norms associated with veiling, Narayan argues that the situation is more complex, because veiling women acknowledge that the burqua is uncomfortable and makes them injury prone, worry about their reputation with their families and communities if they do not veil, and are aware of the economic and political implications of not veiling. ❋ Superson, Anita (2009)
When arab MEN start wearing a burqua,I'll believe its free choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The morning we met, he saw a woman in a burqua in his son's playground. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Narayan takes as her case study Sufi Pirzada Muslim women who are expected to wear a burqua, or, “to veil” (she uses the term “veiling” to include burqua-wearing), arguing that they are bargainers with patriarchy who in the face of external and internal constraints do what they believe is best for themselves. ❋ Superson, Anita (2009)
Most are once again in the burqua, and girls are being attacked with acid for the crime of going to school. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Nor would a burqua-clad woman – generally seen in the Old Town across the Kabul River – would ever think of asking you for alms. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Paris Hilton in a bikini is like a regular girl in a burqua. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Look out for hours of programming on BBC 2 and BBC 4 promoting Islam, Sharia, Iran, the evils of Zionism, How to wear your burqua. ❋ Unknown (2009)
