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A certain poster keeps screaming "racism" over comments on this thread, but this story rather proves that being a Muslim is not a matter of race. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45147682
I have read that one reason that (some) muslim women wear niqabs (eyes only showing) or burkas (face totally covered with eye sight enabled via what looks like webbing of some kind) is because Islam exhorts both men and women to dress modestly. Fair enough. But in that case why is it only muslim women who are exhorted to wear face/hair/body coverings? Why not muslim men as well? for ...
And now we learn that the bastion of the Left, The Guardian, coined the letterbox term back in 2013, and quite hypocritically criticises Boris Johnson for using the exact same word. In 2013, it published a column by Remona Aly entitled ‘Nine uses for a burqa … that don’t involve bashing them.’ In it, the author suggests several alternative uses for the face-covering. Examples included ...
I have been speaking to an educated 92 year old this morning, and whilst he has no time for Boro, he agrees with what he said. He went on to tell me of things that people in this part of the world have no idea as to what is happening in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Bolton. He told me how they have taken over much of those places and named a few no go areas by certain people. I cannot repeat ...
Title changed to burkagate.
Rowan Atkinson has defended Boris Johnson after his controversial comments about women wearing burkas. The actor, known for his comedy performances in Mr Bean and Blackadder, said the remarks were funny. Atkinson wrote in a letter to The Times: "As a lifelong beneficiary of the freedom to make jokes about religion, I do think that Boris Johnson's joke about wearers of the burka resembling ...
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Interesting link concerning Indian (mostly non muslim) and Pakistani and Bangladeshi (mostly muslim) immigration to Britain. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/why-indian-immigrants-in-uk-are-more-favoured-than-pakistanis-bangladeshis-118050700168_1.html and also see this link for previous politician/newpaper incursions into this subject ...
Whatever others thought of the title to this thread, it has brought about a variety of different views/opinions. If this site had been somewhere in the midlands, I am pretty sure there would have been many more differing views. I have had some experience of views from those that live there. Down here I doubt many has had the same.
lol Call it feckin twatiscm as far as I care, it's still hating those that are different to the "racist" twats that are spouting so much hate!