Why are the french so anal about the muslim headscarf? Live and let live right?
Unless your eyes are actually bleeding from seeing one, why bother working yourself up?
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti The head scarf is not just a religious symbol. It is a statement of political triumphalism.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@hippyjoe1955 Funny, the headscarf is required in certain Christian ideologies and communities to this very day.
[quote]In Christianity, veiling was a requirement for women who entered church, and still is in certain traditions. St. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians explicitly references this, stating that “every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head.” The veil also denoted women's submission to men. “A man ought to not cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God,” Paul wrote. “But the woman is the glory of man … for this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.”[/quote]
https://www.racked.com/2016/12/20/13988300/head-scarves-history-hijab-gele
[quote]The Catholic Church once required women to cover their heads during mass, a matter codified into canon law in 1917, but this edict was officially discarded in the 1980s. Today, the practice of veiling in church continues in many Eastern Christian communities, especially those in the Orthodox tradition, where rules for covering hair for women (and removing hats for men) upon entering churches are enforced.[/quote]
[quote]Muslim culture was portrayed as inferior to the ways of Europe again and again. Orientalism gave credence to the idea that these societies needed to be conquered and civilized, and the veil became justification to do so.[/quote]
[quote]In Christianity, veiling was a requirement for women who entered church, and still is in certain traditions. St. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians explicitly references this, stating that “every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head.” The veil also denoted women's submission to men. “A man ought to not cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God,” Paul wrote. “But the woman is the glory of man … for this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.”[/quote]
https://www.racked.com/2016/12/20/13988300/head-scarves-history-hijab-gele
[quote]The Catholic Church once required women to cover their heads during mass, a matter codified into canon law in 1917, but this edict was officially discarded in the 1980s. Today, the practice of veiling in church continues in many Eastern Christian communities, especially those in the Orthodox tradition, where rules for covering hair for women (and removing hats for men) upon entering churches are enforced.[/quote]
[quote]Muslim culture was portrayed as inferior to the ways of Europe again and again. Orientalism gave credence to the idea that these societies needed to be conquered and civilized, and the veil became justification to do so.[/quote]