That billboard - You've all been conned
Well, probably not all of you, but certainly those who, in two separate threads here that I know of, got worked up about the Australia Day billboard with the two Muslim women on it.
Here's what the media should have told you:
"...the sign in question is actually a digital sign featuring rolling images of people from various cultural backgrounds.
Only one of these images includes two Australian Muslim women and it appears that it’s only this image that has sparked furious debate.”
Read more at The New Daily
Isn't it good to know the truth?
Will you stop trusting your usual news source now?
19 comments
I have no problems at all with the Australia Day billboard with two Muslim girls on it. It is charming. The message affirms the fact that Muslims see themselves as Australian also.
Muslims have been in this country since the mid-19th century. They are part of our history and we owe them a great debt of gratitude. They opened up central Australia.
Printed posters from this period invite the wider community to share their Ramadan end, a feast which they refer to as "Ramadan Christmas"
The descendents of these original Muslims, and Muslims themselves, are in no way distinct from any other Australian.
As for the burkha, it predates Islam and is not a specifically Islamic garment. In places in the Islamic world, it is forbidden.
A friend married to a Muslim returned with him to visit his family in the Middle East. Because of the area in which they lived, women were obligated to wear the burkha. My friend told me it was heavy, unwieldy, hot and unbearably uncomfortable. It was also very noisome. The mesh netting concealing the face was solid with mucus and spittle.
Unfortunately, some PC priests want to support women's wearing of this garment.
Yet recently there was a move by some Iranian men, to see the Burkha done away with.