in my view muslim women who live in the west and wear the black burqa should switch to wearing the burqini. the burqini is a much nicer outfit. why not turn it into formal wear? it's colorful and makes women look like cartoon or anime figures. speaking of anime, i wouldn't mind if the burqini is embellished with nice designs and marketed as islam's kimono. for women who live in western societies the burqa comes across as dark and depressing. most of my friends genuinely think like that even if they might not admit it in public. fashion can help change perceptions.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Squat Teams
According to Ayatollah Khomeiny's Political Philosophical, Social and Religious principles: "When defecating or urinating, one must squat in such a way as neither to face Mecca nor to turn one's back upon it." How serious are they about it? How do we know? Do toilets have chalk drawings showing proper squat? What if they don't?
Does the devout muslim carry a compass that beeps when facing the wrong direction? Do Squat Teams sweep and clean each and every WC? How do they contact the raid? Must they face Mecca or turn their back upon it? And just how do they reprimand the sinner?
Say he's stuck in the toilet seat facing Mecca, does he get rescued immediately? Or left in the seat for hours and days as punishment? Does sainthood require an impeccable squat record? Are sins of squat squashed, washed away or flushed down the pipe following confession?
A torrent of very important political, philosophical, social and religious questions springs to mind as one takes a deep squat into the teachings of the Ayatollah...you know in a way that neither faces nor turns away from Mecca :)
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Does the devout muslim carry a compass that beeps when facing the wrong direction? Do Squat Teams sweep and clean each and every WC? How do they contact the raid? Must they face Mecca or turn their back upon it? And just how do they reprimand the sinner?
Say he's stuck in the toilet seat facing Mecca, does he get rescued immediately? Or left in the seat for hours and days as punishment? Does sainthood require an impeccable squat record? Are sins of squat squashed, washed away or flushed down the pipe following confession?
A torrent of very important political, philosophical, social and religious questions springs to mind as one takes a deep squat into the teachings of the Ayatollah...you know in a way that neither faces nor turns away from Mecca :)
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Introducing the new slap-padded abayas for Saudi women
Women in Saudi Arabia got very upset and reportedly 'protested' when they heard a judge arguing that if a husband gives $320 to his wife and she spends $240 on an abaya from a brand shop (abaya is the black cover Muslim women wear) she deserves to be slapped by her husband as punishment. We all know there are billions of poor people in China and elsewhere, kids included, sweating long hours to produce cheap $2 counterfeits. If a Saudi husband slaps his shopaholic wife then surely it must be out of respect to that little kid in China sweating blood to compete with Hermes. Yup, we all buy that!
It's becoming plain obvious that men in Saudi Arabia think backwards when it comes to understanding the shopping nature of women, a nature so complex and subtle it took years in Enlightenment intensive care for the man of the West to fathom. There is a universal truth that says that if you are the man and give your woman a $320 shopping allowance for an abaya and still seriously expect that she will buy the $2 one, the problem is not with the woman but with the man harboring foolish and unrealistic expectations.
The Western man, after many years of trial and error, responded by eventually letting women work so they don't have to be giving them allowances. The Saudi man still thinks that a slap here and there will do. How conceited!
Wish conceit was that simple though.
If women in Saudi Arabia are slapped a lot, isn't it convenient that they have to wear that black cover all the time? It's a full-blown cover and it's so full that you can hide anything you like underneath. Women also tend to wear sun glasses when they go out so with their eyes rendered fashion-invisible that means one can hide all the shame he wants in a woman. Although original use might not have been thus intended, the abaya is probably the most convenient camouflage for all sorts of slapping to flourish in a society. The good news here, of course, is that Saudi men don't beat women indiscriminately.
They will only do it if there is a good reason to do so. And there always is. Next time you are about to make any unfair generalizations about the state of happy beatings in Saudi Arabia, please remember the Chinese little kid sweating blood to make a counterfeit we all love to have or buy.
What if the global recession forces men in Saudi Arabia to up the slapping ante though? Women might become too scared to buy $240 abayas and that's profit-depressive for foreign and local luxury brands. My advice to all brands operating in the country would be to consider padding the expensive abayas with cushion to soften the blow from the slapping. They will be advertised as smart abayas but only Saudi women will know what is really smart and intelligent about their design.
Every luxury item has a cost. In Saudi Arabia the cost is the threshold of pain that can be tolerated to justify the purchase. Increase threshold pain-tolerance and recapture market share from Chinese counterfeits.
I know. It's definitely a woman's dignity not to be slapped. But it's also a woman's right to be able to buy the $240 abaya she so much desires without being fearful of the slapping afterward just because some young kid in China sweats blood to sell a cheap counterfeit on the street that her husband secretly hopes she won't buy so that he can beat her after.
Recap. The man who doesn't want to have to beat his wife over a $240 piece of cloth let's her woman work for it. The man who likes to beat her woman gives her the money and pretends he is upset about how she spends it.
How many Saudi men actually go all the way to insist that the wife returns the expensive abaya back to the shop? I really don't want to know the actual number because I doubt there are many items returned.
Sometimes I seriously wonder, why is our world so mentally crooked and twisted? Why can't you just slap someone without costing you $240?
Just Kiddinggggg! :D:D:D
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It's becoming plain obvious that men in Saudi Arabia think backwards when it comes to understanding the shopping nature of women, a nature so complex and subtle it took years in Enlightenment intensive care for the man of the West to fathom. There is a universal truth that says that if you are the man and give your woman a $320 shopping allowance for an abaya and still seriously expect that she will buy the $2 one, the problem is not with the woman but with the man harboring foolish and unrealistic expectations.
The Western man, after many years of trial and error, responded by eventually letting women work so they don't have to be giving them allowances. The Saudi man still thinks that a slap here and there will do. How conceited!
Wish conceit was that simple though.
If women in Saudi Arabia are slapped a lot, isn't it convenient that they have to wear that black cover all the time? It's a full-blown cover and it's so full that you can hide anything you like underneath. Women also tend to wear sun glasses when they go out so with their eyes rendered fashion-invisible that means one can hide all the shame he wants in a woman. Although original use might not have been thus intended, the abaya is probably the most convenient camouflage for all sorts of slapping to flourish in a society. The good news here, of course, is that Saudi men don't beat women indiscriminately.
They will only do it if there is a good reason to do so. And there always is. Next time you are about to make any unfair generalizations about the state of happy beatings in Saudi Arabia, please remember the Chinese little kid sweating blood to make a counterfeit we all love to have or buy.
What if the global recession forces men in Saudi Arabia to up the slapping ante though? Women might become too scared to buy $240 abayas and that's profit-depressive for foreign and local luxury brands. My advice to all brands operating in the country would be to consider padding the expensive abayas with cushion to soften the blow from the slapping. They will be advertised as smart abayas but only Saudi women will know what is really smart and intelligent about their design.
Every luxury item has a cost. In Saudi Arabia the cost is the threshold of pain that can be tolerated to justify the purchase. Increase threshold pain-tolerance and recapture market share from Chinese counterfeits.
I know. It's definitely a woman's dignity not to be slapped. But it's also a woman's right to be able to buy the $240 abaya she so much desires without being fearful of the slapping afterward just because some young kid in China sweats blood to sell a cheap counterfeit on the street that her husband secretly hopes she won't buy so that he can beat her after.
Recap. The man who doesn't want to have to beat his wife over a $240 piece of cloth let's her woman work for it. The man who likes to beat her woman gives her the money and pretends he is upset about how she spends it.
How many Saudi men actually go all the way to insist that the wife returns the expensive abaya back to the shop? I really don't want to know the actual number because I doubt there are many items returned.
Sometimes I seriously wonder, why is our world so mentally crooked and twisted? Why can't you just slap someone without costing you $240?
Just Kiddinggggg! :D:D:D
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
WIBO, World Islamic Beauty Organization :)
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 9 March 2008 by member damien
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What's the point of having a facially unprivileged woman wear a nigab - black cloth that fully covers a woman's face - if men are tempted by beautiful women only? Are all muslim women that pretty or are all muslim men that tempted?
What about an Islamic Beauty Organization that sets beauty standards for women and decides who must wear the niqab all the time and who doesn't have to. The WIBO's mission might help solve the issue some countries face with regards to banning or not banning the head scarf in public places...
Does having to wear the niqab reduce car accidents in a country? I am thinking of those instances when men lose their concentration on the road ahead because they happened to see a pretty woman going down the street. It would make for a fascinating debate if such statistics were available...
Personally, I think obliging all women in a country to adhere to a strict religious dress code is ridiculous. I don't feel sad only for the women who after all might be used to wearing it or see it as a fashion statement. I feel sad for the men who get used to seeing less of the female beauty that exists which in turn makes it hard to cultivate good taste in women :)
Visit www.thinkaloo.com, our new online community where you can share your thoughts and knowledge, discuss your ideas, ask questions and meet smart people
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What's the point of having a facially unprivileged woman wear a nigab - black cloth that fully covers a woman's face - if men are tempted by beautiful women only? Are all muslim women that pretty or are all muslim men that tempted?
What about an Islamic Beauty Organization that sets beauty standards for women and decides who must wear the niqab all the time and who doesn't have to. The WIBO's mission might help solve the issue some countries face with regards to banning or not banning the head scarf in public places...
Does having to wear the niqab reduce car accidents in a country? I am thinking of those instances when men lose their concentration on the road ahead because they happened to see a pretty woman going down the street. It would make for a fascinating debate if such statistics were available...
Personally, I think obliging all women in a country to adhere to a strict religious dress code is ridiculous. I don't feel sad only for the women who after all might be used to wearing it or see it as a fashion statement. I feel sad for the men who get used to seeing less of the female beauty that exists which in turn makes it hard to cultivate good taste in women :)
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