In today’s multiculturalist mindset, catering to an ideology that degrades women seems like the norm. After all, it’s more important to respect diverse cultures as a whole, even if those cultures treat their women as sub-human.
One of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover – wearing a burkha.
Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby’s for Save The Children.
More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy.
Makers Mattel are backing the exhibition which is the work of Italian designer Eliana Lorena.
The auction is part of Barbie celebrations for her 50th anniversary this year. The UK’s biggest Barbie fan Angela Ellis, 35, has a collection of more than 250 dolls.
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Macumba is more than just “black magic”, it's an actual religion actively persecuted by monotheists such as Christians and (appropriately ennough) Muslims.
Necrowulf, I put my answer to you here as the thread run out of space.
I pointed out your response of “why finger point to other religions, can't take flack alone? ” is a “typically defensive” radical response that simply does not look at the answer. Your further response now is very much similar, stating that freedom of speech and the rest is what you are after so somehow pointing out that since you like all these great goals it is thus unjustified to criticize your comments. There were many dictators on this planet that were only after stability and peace in their country……. to make a dramatic but relevent point here.
I am also after all those things you are after, though having said that, I am not after the destruction of nor do I criticise any single faith and condemn the core beliefs of 1.6 billion people because of a dangerous and radical group exists amongst them. That is my point, and that is what you are doing. If I was like you, I would condemn all Christianity because of the demands and rhetoric of a few “fire & brimstone” teleevangalists, condemn all blogs because so many far-right blogs are demanding unthinkable, illogical or dangerous sentiment.
Freedom of speech, by the way, is a privilage and when it becomes collective freedom to hate, it falls apart, so thus you can say and believe what you like, but when it turns to hate, you can say it as an individual and I can condemn you.
A last point, you state why do I not take my arguments to Muslim web-sites? Who says I do not ? In fact I do on a number, I argue with similarly obstinant and what I think is hate-pushing individuals who try and pull the fast-one by quoting questionable haddiths but cannot in the end claim anything except political-cultural-tribal hate. They make me sick as much as the hate-bloggers such as Werner Reimann or hate-mongers like Robert Spencer & Fitzgerald (and many others).
Why can't feminists protest against “Burka Barbie” for once, in the same way they protest the actual Barbie?
Or are they and their Super-Righteous Christian Moral Majority partners-in-bed are too busy burning copies of Playboy to make a stand against real injustice? Hypocrites of a feather….
Adam, I guess you are referring to ” CANDOMBLÉ “. That's the religion
brought to Brazil by African slaves.It's a politheist faith and somehow
mixed its gods to Roman Catholic saints.
Macumba is INDEED, a kind of witchcraft, maybe similar to Haiti's
SANTERIA.
Here in Brazil people goes to Macumba's “terreiros” to ask
for stuff like love potions, supernatural ways to get better
jobs and yes, the DEATH of enemies and love rivals.
The funny thing about Macumba is when they make “spells”
on street's crossings at midnight, with full moon… there's
black candles, a slain black chicken, cachaça ( sugar cane
schnaps)…
It scares the hell out of the most gullible folks.The not so
gullible simply STEAL the chicken and the cachaça !!
Of course, the Catholic Church doesn't approve such
“pagan” practices, nor does the Evangelic Protestants,
Candomblé's most vocal and acid critics, but the term
“persecution” hardly could be applied in Brazil.
We do live in a TRUE DEMOCRACY.
It would help first of all what you mean by “witchcraft”. Do you have a specific definition, or just any sort of spiritual practice that you disapprove?
And persecution of Candomble, Macumba, Umbanda, Quimbanda, Santeria and related “voodoo” religions continues to this very day – in Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and even Africa itself (where the persecutors are in most cases Muslims). I don't mean non-approval, I mean persecution. Granted, the situation is better now than before; but the true democracies of the Latin/Caribbean regions need to work harder.
“It would help first of all what you mean by “witchcraft”. Do you have a specific definition, or just any sort of spiritual practice that you disapprove? “
I do humbly admit my utter ignorance about this subject, unlike your obvious
expertise regarding it.
I am only a Jew and I don't have the nerve to disapprove what my fellow
countrymen do with their time.
Violent persecution against Afro-Brazilian religions is ILLEGAL according
to Brazilian Constitution and disapproved by the vast majority of the
Brazilian population.
Brazil clearly could not be compared to ANY other country
vis-à-vis freedom of religion.
Coming soon Talban Kenny, complete with rocks and axes.
hijab is not a sign of treating women as sub humans . i am muslim in an arab country wears hijab and a doctor too .
the hijab in islam is a sign of respect to the female body . it's not a healthy thing to a women s feeling to be judged for her legs and arms and …….. and …………. u know what i mean .
there is no such muslim thing to genitals . it was just an ancient habbit even before islam . and educated muslims people do not do it to there daughters .
That's why studying history before pontificating on it is so advisable. Yes, it is a Muslim thing.
Here's one reference:
http://killingzone.blogspot.com/2006/04/islam-p...
Tell me as a doctor;do you examine male patients.
A few proud Muslim(deluded)female medical students have been told that they will be thrown off the medecine course if the insist on covering their forearms in operatories.
What's to be proud of being Muslim and female?
Have you ever thought that you're nothing more than a conforming robot within an imposed 7th century culture.
Get a real life and dump your rationalised superstitions.
How can one have pride in submission?that's oxymoronic.
but then cognitive dissonance is part of the tyranny you accept.
http://infidelsarecool.com/womens-rights-in-islam
hijab is not a sign of treating women as sub humans . i am muslim in an arab country wears hijab and a doctor too .
the hijab in islam is a sign of respect to the female body . it's not a healthy thing to a women s feeling to be judged for her legs and arms and …….. and …………. u know what i mean .
there is no such muslim thing to genitals . it was just an ancient habbit even before islam . and educated muslims people do not do it to there daughters .
That's why studying history before pontificating on it is so advisable. Yes, it is a Muslim thing.
Here's one reference:
http://killingzone.blogspot.com/2006/04/islam-p...
Tell me as a doctor;do you examine male patients.
A few proud Muslim(deluded)female medical students have been told that they will be thrown off the medecine course if the insist on covering their forearms in operatories.
What's to be proud of being Muslim and female?
Have you ever thought that you're nothing more than a conforming robot within an imposed 7th century culture.
Get a real life and dump your rationalised superstitions.
How can one have pride in submission?that's oxymoronic.
but then cognitive dissonance is part of the tyranny you accept.
http://infidelsarecool.com/womens-rights-in-islam
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