Posted on 12/15/2016 5:28:13 AM PST by Olog-hai
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen angered Saudi Arabians this week when she refused to wear traditional Muslim attire during her official visit to the kingdom, The Independent reported on Wednesday.
Von der Leyen shunned the abaya, the black full length dress that covers the entire body but not the face, during her diplomatic visit in Riyadh, according to the report.
The defense minister, who is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party and the first woman in German history to hold the defense portfolio, was meeting Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud during her visit. …
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It is about time to show these 3rd century mentally based countries that enough is enough.I laugh when women complain about not be treated equally ,then they are seen wearing a bed sheet over their faces!
Islam is a method of controlling society through oppression.
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Yeah, but her hair? What’s the big deal about a woman’s hair? Is there something erotic about a woman’s hair to these little perverts?
Where are the liberals defending this woman’s right to show her hair?
Luftkopf!
It was one of the “rules” Lucifer whispered in Mohammed’s ear in the 6th century...
It’s the subjugation of women. It’s one of their methods that have developed over the centuries.
There’s nothing that say’s “you live by my good graces” than dictating hair coverings, body coverings and such.
Or more accurately, covering the head stops the scent of her hair from inflaming men’s passions.
Islam isn’t the only religion that has a thing about hair. IIRC, some orders of Catholic nuns still wear wimples.
Even if it started as grandstanding, she may well like the adoration she receives for the gesture. She may also gain enough popularity if she continues that the party cannot stop her. If she looks at the cheering she gets and the cheering that President Trump receives, she may decide this is her path in politics, whether or not she started out sincere.
-—Islam isn’t the only religion that has a thing about hair. IIRC, some orders of Catholic nuns still wear wimples.-—
But they don’t demand the women who visit them to don their head coverings...or get offended...
Also which I an sure you understand, in Islam it’s a sign of submission to the culture were in catholic faith it a sign of submission to God...
The house of Saud is a terrorist organization they should be labeled as such. Let them drink from their light sweet crude
You noticed that, too?
Religion is a method of controlling society through oppression; some are more reformed than others. Most men find women’s hair appealing - even in the OT. Christian women covered their hair until recently. I make no excuses for liberals however.
Catholic churches have changed quite a bit since my youth.
Religion is a method of controlling society through oppression; ...
Thankfully, Christianity is more about relationship than religion.
It’s not about the hair.
It’s about “submission”.
Exactly. Time the West grew a backbone. Good for her.
The hijab signals that the wearer is sharia compliant.
Ideology will win out in the end. It always does.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
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