Comments on: Burqini–Muslim-Tested, Muhammed-Approved!

By: Korgan

Korgan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:30:39 +0000

Re “we do it for God” in post 30, why does your purported god need you to cover up? Surely an omnipotent god knows what you look like unclothed anyway.

In the same vein, why would a god require a holy book (e.g. kuran or bible) to get its message into your head? Surely an omnipotent god could accomplish that instantly, without a book.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:42:23 +0000

Actually men have to cover up their belly button to their knees. and plus we dont cover up for the sake of men. we do it for God. the same reason Nuns do, and the Virgin Mary. We are just practicing the very old tradition.

By: alcari

alcari — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:58:24 +0000

Great post Tara, I totally agree.

I do find it increadibly funny that people are so busy finding loopholes in their self-imposed religion. If you don’t like it, ignore the ‘law’ or accept it, anything else is just hypocritical.

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:11:17 +0000

This is directed at “Cool Muslim woman” and others like her.
I believe everyone has the right to choose how they dress (modest or immodest) that is up to themselves.
The problem is when children are raised in a religious-strictly-modest household (Muslim, Christian, whatever) then children are taught “Allah/God won’t love me if I displease him by dressing immodestly. Therefore I have no choice after all”.

I’ve read several posts of Muslim women praising that they now can finally go swimming in public pools. Citing the lack of freedom because every male would ogle their curves. Somehow Allah allows every man to be sinful perverts, but it is the burden of women to curtail it. This condones rape of immodest girls as they were “asking for it”.

How does your daughter feel on a hot, hot day when her older brother can walk alone wearing nothing but a pair of shorts and she is only allowed to show her hand,face,feet and walk with an escort of family members(mahrams)?

This thinking reveals that women are either less important than men and therefore have less freedoms…
or women are so special that even their bodies are prizes that they have need to safeguard from the world.

But mothers who cannot swim in public pools with their children shows that modern Islamic society truly is not equal…to the detriment of those mothers and their children. The burqini will help for now(to the profit of the sellers as righteous women have little choice in the matter)

As a friend of mine once wrote: “Allah created a woman’s body. To cover up one of Allah’s greatest creations, under the pretense of modesty or shielding oneself from the eyes of those of His creation, is an insult to Allah himself.”

So don’t worry about strange men and dress as you feel comfortable. Allah will know if your heart is pure, he cares not about your clothes.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:34:26 +0000

Thanks, Irish. I actually find my uniforms to be the most comfortable clothing I have . . . and, after all, like most martial arts “uniforms,” they’re just street clothes from another era. And, as a side note, Krav Maga is quite effective — so much so that one of the other masters is learning it to enhance what we know. Always grow, always learn! :)

By: irishthunder

irishthunder — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:53:52 +0000

Well put Kurt. By the way, you wouldn’t have to wear those silly uniforms in Krav Maga, i’m just saying.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:53:20 +0000

I have a Vegas-style nightclub singer outfit I occasionally wear to Halloween parties (I named it my “Shecky Lenny” suit). If people *didn’t* laugh at it, I would be surprised — and a little dissapointed as well. I also get odd looks when I happen to stop in a store on my way to or from workout in my Kung Fu uniform. Fortunately, my self-worth is not tied into the opinions of others.
The point is, of course it is okay to laugh at clothing. No matter where you live or what culture you come from, some of the stuff people wear will seem funny. I still crack up every time I see a guy wearing a penis-sheath. Have those tribesmen been wearing them for hundreds of years? Sure. Does it seem “normal” to them? Sure. Does it matter to them that I laugh every time I see them? I bet it doesn’t even enter into their awareness.

By: irishthunder

irishthunder — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:22:19 +0000

“Besides, iâ€™m not making fun of people, just their sad, archaic, mistaken believes.”

I make fun of people, there is no excuse to be ignorant and to believe total nonsense in the age of the internet.

By: alcari

alcari — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:56:55 +0000

“Guess what, nobodyâ€™s forcing me!”
Yoy realise that makes it even worse right? You freely believe a load of supernatural, unproven, unfounded, archaic bull.

Besides, i’m not making fun of people, just their sad, archaic, mistaken believes.

By: Cool Muslim woman

Cool Muslim woman — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:46:46 +0000

I like this suit, but can’t find an American dealer. Guess what, nobody’s forcing me! Just don’t want to be a common American hoochie with my butt out and a bunch o’ tattoos. Guess where I got my new modest swimsuit— A CHRISTIAN website! Nobody’s forcing them either. If you love God, you do not want to be one of those disgusting people Moses found sinning when he came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments. So to each his or her own. Stop making fun of people who are different than you!