by matttbastard
My thanks to the fine folks at Muslimah Media Watch for crossposting my post on Faiza M:
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4 responses so far ↓
Chrystal Ocean // July 15, 2008 at 11:47 am
Did you notice this comment from the linked Aqoul piece?
“The woman did not wear the Saudi style ninja costume in her native Morocco; apparently imposed by her husband in France. Without having further information, one would suspect a family arranged marriage of a country girl to a cousin or contact in France who’s gone reactionary in France.”
Veeeerry interesting. And speaks right to your point re the MEN’s role in these matters of female suppression.
Chrystal Ocean // July 15, 2008 at 11:48 am
Hmm. Anchor tags don’t work so well in the comments section!
Here’s the full URL:
http://www.aqoul.com/archives/2008/07/france_islam_in.php
Beijing York // July 15, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Congrats on the cross post Mattt. Very good point Chrystal. This extreme action on the part of the French government is probably meant to serve a message — assimilate or leave. Sounds like they want to create a whole new category of submissive women.
matttbastard // July 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Chrystal: I found that very interesting, too.
Beijing: Thank you very much. Yeah, there’s definitely a broader message at play–one that this sort of racist ‘othering’ furthers.