Hey Gals, Check This Out - Aussie Singer Beccy Cole Goes Viral. Ditto For Aussie Cleric's "No Head Scarves = Women Are Asking For Rape" Comments.
Sorry for two videos in a single day. We know we're abusing your patience. But via Allahpundit via Blackfive, you have to see this:
It's like the Dixie Chicks. Except not aggressively stupid.
This is one side of Australian culture. There are others. For instance, 300,000 Australian Muslims have this guy as one of their most important spokesmen and representatives:
One of Australia's senior-most Islamic clerics has triggered outrage after comments reported Thursday comparing women who don't wear a headscarf to “uncovered meat” who invite rape... In Australia, there was widespread condemnation Thursday the cleric's comments, from other Muslim leaders, civil libertarians and political leaders. Mr. Hilali was quoted in the Australian newspaper as saying in the sermon: "If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... without cover, and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's... The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred," he was quoted as saying, referring to the headdress worn by some Muslim women.
Well, first of all, we still blame the cat when she jumps on the counter and sniffs at the meat. But that might be missing the point of the controversy. Our favorite part is the more or less non-apology apology:
Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali denied he was condoning rape when he made the comments in a sermon last month, and apologized to any women he had offended, saying they were free to dress as they wished.
Well that's nice of him, don't you think? "Sure, I think you're asking for rape - but if that's the look you're going for, by all means don't let little old Mr. Mufti stop you". This is like the time when he said that 9/11 was "God's work against the oppressors", and had to clarify later that he didn't support terrorism. So theoretically, if 9/11 had been perpetuated by a state actor, he would have been totally copasetic with it.
Here's the thing about the whole radical Islam view on women thing kids: they're not really "on the same page" as we are. They "hate women". To quote a show that juts about none of you will admit to watching but that we will gladly endorse through the fourth season, "They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep... women alive is to make more... men."
It's like the Dixie Chicks. Except not aggressively stupid.
This is one side of Australian culture. There are others. For instance, 300,000 Australian Muslims have this guy as one of their most important spokesmen and representatives:
One of Australia's senior-most Islamic clerics has triggered outrage after comments reported Thursday comparing women who don't wear a headscarf to “uncovered meat” who invite rape... In Australia, there was widespread condemnation Thursday the cleric's comments, from other Muslim leaders, civil libertarians and political leaders. Mr. Hilali was quoted in the Australian newspaper as saying in the sermon: "If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... without cover, and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's... The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred," he was quoted as saying, referring to the headdress worn by some Muslim women.
Well, first of all, we still blame the cat when she jumps on the counter and sniffs at the meat. But that might be missing the point of the controversy. Our favorite part is the more or less non-apology apology:
Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali denied he was condoning rape when he made the comments in a sermon last month, and apologized to any women he had offended, saying they were free to dress as they wished.
Well that's nice of him, don't you think? "Sure, I think you're asking for rape - but if that's the look you're going for, by all means don't let little old Mr. Mufti stop you". This is like the time when he said that 9/11 was "God's work against the oppressors", and had to clarify later that he didn't support terrorism. So theoretically, if 9/11 had been perpetuated by a state actor, he would have been totally copasetic with it.
Here's the thing about the whole radical Islam view on women thing kids: they're not really "on the same page" as we are. They "hate women". To quote a show that juts about none of you will admit to watching but that we will gladly endorse through the fourth season, "They beat women, Nancy. They hate women. The only reason they keep... women alive is to make more... men."
