Muslim Women Cannot Catch a Break

I thought these two articles were are interesting juxtaposed next to each other:

• Muslim beauty queen faces abuse from all sides, she says (CNN)

• Telling Muslim Women What Not to Wear (Kari Ansari, Huffington Post)

Both stories describe different women, one wears provocative dresses -- she gets abuse from racists and non-acceptance from her Muslim community. The other one wears a very conservative dress -- the niqab (or face veil) she also gets abuse from racists and non-acceptance from her Muslim community.

Niqab Controversy in Quebec

Quebec, for us geography challenged Americans, is a province in Canada.

A bill, bill #94, has been proposed which would ban women wearing Niqab (face veil) from receiving government services. For me, this is the kicker:

What people are ignoring  is that Muslim women are human and deserve to be treated with dignity regardless of whether we agree with their choices or not.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Quebec+veil+slap+face+Muslim+women/2741867/story.html#ixzz0jnRoCXcF