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Totally agree with Michael. The whole "veil/scarf = oppression" narrative is ridiculous. This article by Lila Abu Lughod does a good job tearing it apart: https://org.uib.no/smi/seminars/Pensum/Abu-Lughod.pdf Amith R. Gupta On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 2:12 AM mkaradjis via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > An extremely unfortunate article. > Of course we should all support women's struggles against compulsory > veiling. In Iran a female lawyer has just been sentenced to 38 years in > prison for defending women's rights activists, who wre protesting > compuslory veiling. > But women have the right to wear a scarf over their heads just as they have > a right not to. Much as I can understand where an Algrian activist is > coming from, the sentence "At the times of Al Qaeda and Daesch – i.e. when > no one in the world can pretend to ignore what happens to women who do not > conform – isn’t donning the veil somehow short sighted?" - is basically > conflating the wearing of a scarf with al-Qaida and Daesh! > Where I work in western Sydney, many Muslim teachers, and countless Muslim > students, wear a scarf. Many would rightly laugh me off if I told them they > were only wearing it due to oppression. Imagine what they would think if I > compared them to Daesh. I'd probably lose my job as a racist. At least I'd > like to hope so. > Michael > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 2:44 PM Philip Ferguson via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > "New Zealand Prime Minister Ms Jacinda Ardern, followed by other > officials > > (and then by ordinary citizens as well) saw it fit to wear a so-called > > Islamic head covering during their public functions. > > > > "We believe that there were many other symbols that could have been > chosen > > in order to comfort Muslim believers, than one which is contested the > world > > over by women of Muslim heritage, - believers and unbelievers alike. . . > . > > > > full at: > > > > > https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/open-letter-from-algerian-woman-activist-on-the-wearing-headscarves/ > > _________________________________________________________ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: > > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
