Well, I’m sorry if you don’t understand the difference between “I don’t think people should practice Islam” and “people should be banned from practicing Islam.”

I live in a neighborhood. 2nd one, actually, with a multitude of Orthodox ladies who cover and also shave/crew cut. And, to me, it’s amazing that women do it. I know a woman who has refused to do it, who has also lost access to her kids (taken by her husband to her in-laws) and can’t get a Get. And yet, rather than go…

Yep. Lots of them. And Druze. And Hindu women and Orthodox Jews and Christians. Each religion in its own way effectively and by dint of “scripture” contrives to reduce and/or eliminate the agency of women over their own bodies.

Freedom of religion does not protect you from other people’s rants.

Or even a religion that you know quite a bit about and are a member of. It’s foolish to pretend that all Muslim women proudly wear the hijab.

Um, no. Supporting freedom of religion means that I will fight against any laws that restrict the freedom of anyone to exercise their religion or that discriminates against anyone who practices any religion. It doesn’t mean that I have to celebrate the aspects of their religion that I believe are misogynistic. It just…

Yes. Finally. I think his plan is addressing a serious problem, and the cashlessness that this article focuses on is not what it was about as people are allowed to exchange for new notes.

Yes you can. You can think people should be free to practice their religion while also critcizing it. Freedom doesn’t mean you believe nothing bad should be said about it.

I grew up in a religious community that demanded modesty. It was brutal to watch women sweltering in the summer while wearing long skirts (sometimes with tights underneath!!), long shirts, and hair coverings. Meanwhile their husbands are walking around in much less clothing. Not to mention, the whole point of women’s…

Freedom of religion doesn’t mean never having to hear someone challenge your views.

The point isn’t that it’s not a refreshing change that Muslim women are participating, but that we are celebrating a practice that validates unnecessary covering of a woman’s body.

I don’t care. She’s an observant Muslim who made a choice based on what her faith preaches. It’s not all that complex. Islam isn’t the only religion that diminishes women; I know more than a few bald-ish Orthodox women. My point is that we are celebrating women who are essentially proclaiming that their bodies require…

I love this story and Halima seems like a lovely young woman.

It’s a dog show where they have women instead of dogs. What on earth is even the difference between this and west minster? These shows are humiliating. Shouldn’t be grateful for social scraps. Have women terrified of reporting their rapes or genuinely believing nothing will come of it, but hey, at least this girl got…

I think she’s doing her best to try and provide a positive example of her faith and culture where she can to masses who might otherwise not see someone in a hijab or a “burkini”, but I’m also firmly of the belief that beauty pageants are outdated, sexist, and harmful. So... I guess good for her for trying to combat…

I really want to feel positive about this. But. I’m struggling with feeling positive about beauty pageants? I get why this is a feel-good story and baby steps toward normalizing the “other.” I just can’t cheer for it being in the context “but they can be pretty too!”

This is why we’ll never have a female president. Trying to pretend like some latitude in a female dog show is progress. Fuck this country.

It’s a fact that ones ability to get into any top school is indeed impacted by your ethnic makeup.

Again - it’s not “spending too much.. spending not enough”..

Wrong again Doofus.