(If you are a gentleman, you had received this letter by mistake. You are allowed to read it but you MUST NOT look at the attached pictures.)
The leading American paper, the almighty Washington Post, published today an article about the virtues of the veil [1].
Evidently, once they were glorified in the Washington Post, the Islamic attire in general and the veil in particular will surely become not merely in vogue but a “must”.
I hence urge you to get familiar with the necessary buzzwords and to learn the differences between
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| Niqab | Hijab | Jilbab | Burka |
NIQAB, HIJAB, CHADOR, JILBAB and, most importantly, the mighty BURKA.
To help you, I attach a picture of the author, Ms. Yvonne Ridley, in a fashionable blue burka.
(Yes, I AM SURE that this is Ridley. This is not the New York Times; I DO verify facts.)
I also attach some pictures of the above-mentioned compulsory fashion articles.
Considering the present state of events, these fashion articles might one day become your compulsory uniform.
The Washington Post tells you that “Yvonne Ridley is political editor of Islam Channel TV in London”. The punch-line of Ridley's article is "Now you tell me who is civilized and who is not".
Your “Liberal” paper “forgot” to mention that Ridley, the expert on civilized societies, is a Muslim-convert and a member of the U.K. extremist RESPECT party headed by George Galloway (the dear friend of Saddam Hussein).
Ridley was once married to a senior Arab terrorist and she still is a notorious propagandist for murderous terrorists. Ridley was a particular outspoken advocate of the mass-murderer Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, even when he murdered fellow Muslims.
The pious writer for the Washington Post had declared that the Chechen leader Shamil Basayev was a Martyr who got a honourable place in Paradise.
(You do know what the Muslim Paradise is all about, don’t you?) Recall that Basayev was the architect of the massacre of children in the Beslan school a couple of years ago and of many other massacres of civilians.
Receiving a letter from me about attire is probably even more surprising than receiving a previous letter about American poetry [2].
(You surely read the letter about the talented American poetess attentively, didn't you?)
Permission is granted to forward this letter “AS IS” to your friends and colleagues (ladies only!).
Sincerely,
Haim Goldman
References:
[1] Yvonne Ridley, “How I Came to Love the Veil”, Washington Post, 22.10.06, http://tinyurl.com/yh5jou
[2] Haim Goldman, “Exquisite American poem”, letter of 28.07.06.
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