for one of those occasional military coups that occur in Turkey to protect the secularism of the government….

The veil is a security threat. The leader at the red mosque wore a burqua so that he could escape. All a bank robber would have to do is enter the bank in a veil or a burqua (under ‘freedom of religion’) and nobody would see their identity.

I would think muslims would want to avoid this PR nightmare of ‘muslim women’ going on a bankrobbing rampage. It isn’t freedom of religion. It is security for our country – and protection of their religion from people who would use burquas to hide their identity while they committed crimes.

If we tell women they cannot wear their headscarves, we must ban crosses too.

Muslim women wearing head scarves, even more so burkas, is more akin to blacks having to wear chains, pre civil war, or ride in the back of the bus, south pre civil rights movement, than it is to Christian women wearing a cross.

…

PierreLegrand, nice to see another big fan of Diane West. As you probably know Daniel Pipes is also.

Diana West is brilliant.

By Diana West:

There Imam Bush goes
again

“There Imam Bush goes again. “I am astonished by President Bush
when he claims there is nothing in the Qu’ran that justifies jihad
violence in the name of Islam,” jailed jihadi cleric Abu Qatada said under
similar circumstances almost six years ago. “Is he some kind of
Islamic scholar? Has he ever actually read the Qu’ran?”

No. He’s just leader of the Free World — a Free World that has
become less free and more dhimmified on his severely myopic watch”.

Daniel Pipes says ” … … standing shoeless, George W. Bush rededicated
the center [the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C.] last week. His
1,600-word speech also praised medieval Islamic culture (“We come to
express our appreciation for a faith that has enriched civilization for
centuries”), but he knew a mosque from a church – and he had more on the
agenda than flattery. Most arresting, surely, was his statement that “I
have invested the heart of my presidency in helping Muslims fight
terrorism, and claim their liberty, and find their own unique paths to
prosperity and peace.”

“Adding to the event’s accommodationist tone, some of the president’s
top female aides, including Frances Townsend and Karen Hughes, wore
makeshift hijabs as they listened to him in the audience. In brief, it
feels like “déjà vu all over again.” As Diana West puts it, “Nearly six
years after September 11 – nearly six years after first visiting the
Islamic Center and proclaiming ‘Islam is peace’ – Mr. Bush has learned
nothing.”"

“Almost 30 years after Islamists first attacked Americans, and on the
eve of three major attempted terrorist attacks in Great Britain, the
president’s speech reveals how confused Washington remains.”

Diana West says
What President Bush should say to us, Part I

Diana West continues
What President Bush should say to us, Part II

What a shock to find out after all that it’s an ideology that’s killing us.

Hi Michelle Malkin!!!,Trackback from wedoit4you.com on Which way, Turkey? Update: 17 hurt in election violence Update: Secular opposition losing at http://www.wedoit4you.com/archive/2007/07/22...

Turkey’s Ruling AKP Wins Vote

It is an ambiguous situation there, moreso than it was in Iran or Iraq. I am glad in retrospect that the EU smelled dogcr*p and balked on Turkey’s application for EU membership.

Bottomline: bullets will be flying by the end of the year all along the watchtower.

And by the end of 08, there wont be a theocratic element left standing from Turkey through the teetering Pakistan.

Gonna be a hard year for the Democrats.
And for CAIR.