Artist Reveals What’s Wrong With Our Modern Society In These 30 Satirical Illustrations

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Why are you worried about friggin afghan women? This is the US

tell that to women forced into it by religious extremists. i wholly support women wearing it by choice. and i support women NOT wearing it. but your assertion that no one can force a woman to wear it is wrong. no one SHOULD but they do.

What are you talking about? In Saudi they wanted to make all U.S. military women wrap up when going into the city and not be permitted to drive, regardless of the woman's military rank. The U.S. government negotiated so women were "allowed" to drive as long as there was a man in the car, even if he was of less rank. And military women didn't have to wrap up if they had a shirt of at least elbow length and had a man escorting them at all times. So I can't imagine what you're saying is based in reality. But I understand Country pride and not telling the whole truth. Americans do it to, at the birth of this country as a United State, they wrote all men are created equal with one hand and killing Native Americans for their land and supporting black slavery (human trafficking) with the other. All countries and their citizens lie for pride.

I was just going to comment something along these lines. And you did phrase it awesomely. Although I am not Muslim or Islamic (so I don't want to come across as an expert here, far from one). But, I HAVE recently been reading a lot into women's personal stories, and from what I gathered, it's what you are explaining here. I'm sure there are some really sad cases where the picture is the truth, were they might be unfortunately forced, but mostly it's not! Nope! Westerners do like to demonize things... including the burqa. Mairah, if this personally offended you, I'm sorry.

Mairah, thank you for your reply. I am Muslim, I am female. I am highly educated. I sit in the position of director/administrator and above. I wear my hijab proudly everyday. One of my main reasons is because my hijab allows people to actually see what a true Muslim believes in/how a true Muslim acts. I am NOT controlled. I have NEVER been abused. I am HAPPY and I am BLESSED. What I have been taught is to still have respect and empathy for those who do not have that for me. There is so much spewing of what people have HEARD regarding Islam and not what they have learned. There is so much misinformation spread by those no true knowledge of or personal interactions with a true Muslim. Anyone can take anything and make it into an article of hate. Anyone can take any religious doctrine and turn it into a tool for violence (this is well documented throughout history and throughout all religions). People must also separate culture/sects from the doctrine of religion. They are not the same.

Depends on the type of Islam. For more strict types, they use the Q'uran to justify women being beheaded like animals. This is not right in ANY religion.

I thought it was related to the persecution Muslim women often faced after 9/11 because that type of clothing is much easier to notice in the rest of the world as being "different". But I see there's nothing in the image to actually imply that. :/

At this moment it’s not a choice with isis having taken over. Please realize that there are still Muslim women forced even if not all

Actually sis you right at the same time wrong, because you pov is different from the artist(you're right) but the true meaning behind this illustration is that how the society treat an Muslim women these days(eg- The protest in karnataka, India against hijab) . But your point is correct too because we muslim women were not compelled to wear Abaya, we choose to be modest.

But if they choose to take it off what happens? Oh yeah death. But they are not forced. Lol

But Women are forced to wear the burqa! Many who didn't suffered terribly or worse...they lost their lives.

I think you've missed the point. The woman had the burqa on before her wings fell off ie. She could fly but also follow her faith... not amymore.

Where in the Qur'an is such a thing stated?

This is not false representation for all women, some yes but not all so please stop grouping together all women.

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The illustrator must be contacted for take it down. I agree with your post. It represent false new. I did learn a lot because of my mon who did teach religion back in 1990-2005.

A genuine question: If a muslim woman chooses not to wear it anymore, do you think the people around her will just accept it? Because many say it's their religion and women choose to do it, but in most cases it's just peer pressure. Just imagine being in a muslim country. Would you have the courage to be the only one that looks different from other women? The same applies for any other culture/religion. Many people just do whatever everyone around them does, because anything that is different is ostracized. To be able say that someone has a certain religion by choice would be to teach everyone all the different religions in the world and let them choose the one that they feel fits them.

A genuine question: if a muslim woman suddenly chooses to not wear it anymore, do the people around just accept it?

Yes, that is exactly what the women of Afghanistan keep reporting, that they "feel safe and free." If you are going to talk nonsense, make it about something that isn't common knowledge.

That’s not all true

Very naive to think that women who wear burka are all doing it for religion and those INSISTING actually study Islam. Nope.

Very true. But for every women that wants this lifestyle there are just as many that ARE get forced in to this and don't know there are any other choices or options. Those are what these comments are for, not the ones willing to live this way.

The burial isn't taking her freedom away it's the loss of her wings. You can wear a burqa and still have rights as a human being.

Some still wear it at my work in Northern Kentucky... and everyone thinks this area of the country is just rednecks and cornfields. That's fine, we don't want more people.

What about Aisha? Did she, as a 9 year old girl, have a choice to "marry" the pedophile prophet, most obvious false prophet in history, who was over 40 years older than her?? What about the Jewess whose family was slaughtered by the evil Muhammad, and was forced to make food for the terrible man? What about the rest Muhammad's wives?

Bull crap.

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Islam literally calls for women to be silent slaves who obey every order, otherwise their holy book calls for them to be beaten maimed and killed. Any woman who wears burkas by choice is enabling a dogmatic religion that revolves around control and abuse and should be ashamed of themselves. Islam is wholly incompatible with modem society and anyone who claims otherwise is a fool, or is actively engaging in the Islamic act of taqiyaa. Islam is not the religion of peace, it is a violent religion that encourages hated and acts of evil in the name of a pedophile and murderous god. F**k you, piss be on Allah.

It's about the burka and Afghanistan, the oppression of women in Afghanistan. It's not an attack on Islam.

True.

What society does in the name of religion is what informs people's beliefs about that religion.