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The Burqa Rapper

After the thread about Sarcozy's burqa ban, it bothered me to hear the assumptions made about what Muslim women would and wouldn't choose, or what those choices meant.  I wanted to post a link to this article from Muslimah Media Watch where a young musician talks about what the burqa means to her (and why she's the Burqa Rapper): 

There are those who are not convinced about the burqua, sure. Now that we wear it, we feel empty without it, naked.  There is a line in the Quran that says, "To you, your religion, to me mine."  And so they are letting me express myself the way I want to.

I felt like that quote really summed up my feelings about the discussion I'd seen post-Sarcozy ban.

Note: I don't mean to identify her only by her burqa, but I thought her comments on it were incredibly relevant and she incredibly awesome.

Posted by TaraK - June 25, 2009, at 09:01AM | in Bad-Ass Women
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[0+] Author Profile Page zp27 said:

I agree. I don't like a lot about the way that some people interpret and apply Islam (and, for anyone who's keeping score, any other of the major religions) and something about the burqa...I just don't get it. But I don't really think it's my place or business to judge anyone who choses to wear one: I mean, I have worries about religious indoctrination, but it's not. my.call.

[0+] Author Profile Page LalaReina said:

I saw a girl in one a few days back and I said to her "girl no disrespect but you gotta be hot as hell in that" and she said "I am but you're undressed enough for both of us" and we laughed. If it's your faith I respect your devotion to it.

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