Planck's Constant

Suppose we lived in a world where there was a religion that required the faithful to carry an AK-47 in public similar to the Sikh wearing of daggers (known as kirpans); would we bend over backwards to accommodate that religion even at the peril of our lives? It happens with Islam. The weapon: a mask to thwart identification and evade capture. In Islam the masks are called niqab and burqa.

Yesterday, the Gateway Pundit told us that Burka-Clad Bank Robbers Killed a Policeman in Philadelphia. We so cower before Muslim intimidation that we allow women, or it could be men, to cover themselves from head to toe in disguise.

Muslim apologists will argue that allowing someone to wear a Burqa is not the same as allowing them to carry an AK-47. Actually it is, since one would have no problem entering a bank with an AK-47 hidden under that garment. One of the disadvantages from openly carrying a weapon into a bank is that one can be spotted from the outside and the police can be alerted or that one is spotted as he or she enters with the weapon and an alarm is either given or the guard on duty can draw his weapon in response.

Full Story: "Philly Cop Killed: Time to Ban the Burqa" »

Camel lady with veil
Flickr Photo by: Raphael Bick Travel Photography.

Debbie at Right Truth brings us news of Camel Beauty Pageants in Saudi Arabia. Although certain members of our society would walk a mile for a camel, rich Saudis arrange parties in the desert in winter to spend time with their favorite camels. For them, there is nothing like looking into "big eyes, long lashes" of a marvelous panting beast.

Reuters,
Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant

"The nose should be long and droop down, that's more beautiful," explains Sultan al-Qahtani, one of the organizers. "The ears should stand back, and the neck should be long. The hump should be high, but slightly to the back."

This is what happens when you force women to be covered from head to camel-toe, you are left with camel beauty contests.

Full Story: "All Beauty Must be Veiled" »

The old ball and chain
Flickr Photo by: Octoferret.

Imagine for a moment you are a mere child and your mother tells you it's OK to run with scissors. When asked why, she replies that she wants you to have more freedom, less restrictions on your behaviour.

"But Mom," you ask, "isn't that more dangerous for me?"

And so it is. Last February, Turkey's parliament approved constitutional amendments removing the restrictions on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf. While this was presented as a step forward, as an issue of human rights, of the freedom to self-expression and to study without restrictions, it is in fact a step backward.

Full Story: "Running with Scissors in Islam" »

Singles Bar (not that kind)
Flickr Photo by: Angelo Young.

The religious police in Saudi Arabia arrested an American businesswoman because she had the whorey, slutty nerve to sit with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh. During her stay in a Saudi dungeon she was, predictably, strip-searched and then forced to sign a false confession. Unfortunately for the police, she was not in custody long enough for her to be tortured and raped as is the custom among Muslims.

Here's the rest of the story:

CBSNews,
7 Feb 2008,
Saudi Cops Grab U.S. Woman In Starbucks

The 37-year-old businesswoman works for a finance company in Riyadh. Her problem began when her office lost electricity. She and her male colleagues then went to a nearby Starbucks to use the coffee shop's Internet connection.

She sat with a male colleague in the Starbucks' family area, the only place women are allowed to sit with men.

"Some men came up to us with very long beards and white dresses. They asked 'Why are you here together?' I explained about the power being out in our office. They got very angry and told me what I was doing was a great sin," she told the Times.

Following her arrest and interrogation, the woman was hauled before a judge.

"He said 'You are sinful and you are going to burn in hell.' I told him I was sorry. I was very submissive. I had given up. I felt hopeless," she told the Times.

Full Story: "Milk, Sugar or a Burqa with that Coffee?" »

Just a few days ago Al-Qaida was using children as suicide bombers in Iraq [Times of India] and today we read that two mentally disabled women (possibly unwitting suicide bombers) strapped with remote-control explosives killed at least 91 people in the deadliest day since the surge started last spring [CNN].

Leftists will point to the attack and say,"See the surge is not working!" completely ignoring the fact that the terrorists are quickly running out of male shahadist volunteers in a country filled with more than 14 million men. The surge is working my dear deluded liberal friend, but since that bodes well for George Bush, your brain clouds your eyes from seeing that clearly.

I would also like to answer all my Muslim readers who continually protest that women are not treated like cattle in Islam. I say that the terrorists' use of women as improvised explosive devices against their will or without their knowledge is proof enough of what they really think of women. Of course, the photo above explains it all.

Full Story: "Muslim Women are Not Second Class Citizens" »