Comments on: How the 2006 niqab affair popularised the BNP http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ruwayda Mustafah http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp#comment-16712 Ruwayda Mustafah Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=2181#comment-16712 Salam, I can't imagine anyone having a worthwhile conversation with a "sun-reader". Interesting blog. Salam,

I can’t imagine anyone having a worthwhile conversation with a “sun-reader”. Interesting blog.

]]> By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp#comment-16406 Thersites Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:31:17 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=2181#comment-16406 There's a big jump from "a certain Sun reader" to readers of The Sun collectively. My own experience is no more statistically significant than yours, but it is different. There’s a big jump from “a certain Sun reader” to readers of The Sun collectively. My own experience is no more statistically significant than yours, but it is different.

]]> By: Indigo Jo http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp#comment-16404 Indigo Jo Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:45:25 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=2181#comment-16404 Thersites: I actually have tried discussing current issues with a certain Sun reader. You can't really get a word in edgeways. As for hard of hearing men, the rule is that a woman who wears niqab can remove it if there is a need, such as when testifying, doing business or talking with someone who otherwise could not understand them for reasons like deafness. And let's face it, if a woman needs to make it clear that she understands, she can do that by words (yeah, right, OK etc) rather than just by facial expressions. Thersites: I actually have tried discussing current issues with a certain Sun reader. You can’t really get a word in edgeways.

As for hard of hearing men, the rule is that a woman who wears niqab can remove it if there is a need, such as when testifying, doing business or talking with someone who otherwise could not understand them for reasons like deafness. And let’s face it, if a woman needs to make it clear that she understands, she can do that by words (yeah, right, OK etc) rather than just by facial expressions.

]]> By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp#comment-16401 Thersites Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:47 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=2181#comment-16401 "Has anyone tried discussing any political matter with a Sun reader, for example? They will simply repeat what they read in that rag and not question it at all." Not in my experience. The Sun readers I've come across usually are completely unaware of its political views. "However, Jack Straw is hard of hearing, so perhaps he would have some right to ask a woman to remove her niqab if that got in the way of his understanding her, a reason no other man would have. " Actually, Straw was at least as much concerned about being sure the woman had uncerstood him as to understand her, and he certainly is not the only man who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. “Has anyone tried discussing any political matter with a Sun reader, for example? They will simply repeat what they read in that rag and not question it at all.” Not in my experience. The Sun readers I’ve come across usually are completely unaware of its political views.

“However, Jack Straw is hard of hearing, so perhaps he would have some right to ask a woman to remove her niqab if that got in the way of his understanding her, a reason no other man would have. ” Actually, Straw was at least as much concerned about being sure the woman had uncerstood him as to understand her, and he certainly is not the only man who is deaf or hard-of-hearing.

]]> By: Tim http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/10/22/how_the_2006_niqab_affair_popularised_the_bnp#comment-16392 Tim Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:01:33 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=2181#comment-16392 I seem to recall thinking the government was actually capitalising on anti-Muslim bigotry at the time, given that Jack Straw's comments coincided with news of hospital closures, which in ordinary circumstances would have promoted heated fury. Prior to that we had already had the frenzy concerning cartoons published in Denmark, although even that could be seen to have been semi-manufactured given the timespan between the actual incident and the mass of media coverage (3 months). .-= Tim ´s last blog ..<a href="http://folio.me.uk/?p=1565" rel="nofollow">Extinguishing the fires of fitna</a> =-. I seem to recall thinking the government was actually capitalising on anti-Muslim bigotry at the time, given that Jack Straw’s comments coincided with news of hospital closures, which in ordinary circumstances would have promoted heated fury. Prior to that we had already had the frenzy concerning cartoons published in Denmark, although even that could be seen to have been semi-manufactured given the timespan between the actual incident and the mass of media coverage (3 months). Tim ´s last blog ..Extinguishing the fires of fitna My ComLuv Profile

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