Re: Re: beards ..etc.

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lou Proyect on his list made the point that he ignored the treatment of
women, concentrating on beards for fear of offending the leaders of the
good muslim states.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 11:03:59AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> At 11:04 AM 9/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >I noticed that Bush made particularl reference to the Taliban requirements
> >that beards must be at least a certain length. Sikhs are not allowed to cut
> >any body hair as I understand it. They all have beards don't they? I wonder
> >how the Sikhs must feel about such a reference.
>
> Dubya was trying to build up support for a war against Afghanistan. Though
> I don't support such a war, you've got to admit that the Taliban is really
> disgusting. We have to be very conscious of that.
>
> The Sikhs don't push their beard law using state power the way Taliban
> does. I didn't hear the whole of Dubya's speech, but based on the fragments
> I did hear, I think it was pretty clear that he was referring to the
> state-imposed rule.
>
> >     Religious restrictions particularly upon women are just about as strict
> >in Saudi Arabia it would seem as in Afghanistan. I wonder how Bush's
> >references to fundamentalist religious practices will  go over there..
>
> He does -- or rather the people who make decisions for him do -- have to be
> conscious of that, especially in his previous use of the word "crusade"
> (which was withdrawn because it offended the officially-defined "good
> Muslims").
>
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>

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