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Major Nikon

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Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:14 PM
Dec 2018
Turkey, Tunisia, and Tajikistan are Muslim-majority countries where the law prohibits or recently prohibited the wearing of hijab in government buildings, schools, and universities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab#Muslim_world
That is a bad situation, for certain. Mariana Dec 2018 #1
The UN is one forum. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #2
What do you think should be done? nt. Mariana Dec 2018 #5
Sanctions would be one option. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #6
China has veto power on the UN security council. Mariana Dec 2018 #10
Great powers can do as they wish. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #11
Yes, and China is a great power. Mariana Dec 2018 #12
That might make a good discussion in the general discussion. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13
Do you not wish to discuss your OP anymore? Mariana Dec 2018 #16
To inform people of the issue. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #18
Bullshit. trotsky Dec 2018 #22
OK. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #26
Thank you for perfectly proving my point. trotsky Dec 2018 #29
Thank you for confirming my suspicion. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #36
Actually, it's mostly about nationalism marylandblue Dec 2018 #50
And you are free to take that position. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #57
I am getting a little tired of the word "intolerance" marylandblue Dec 2018 #74
The Uighurs might have their own word for it. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #75
My point is you are painting with too broad a brush marylandblue Dec 2018 #78
WalMart. $19.99. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #81
See, there you go again, you assume the country and the store, and ended up in the wrong place. marylandblue Dec 2018 #82
The owner of Uline, Richard Uihlein, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #83
Uline is an industrial supplier and they carry items that are difficult to find elsewhere marylandblue Dec 2018 #85
I understand. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #87
"you are free to take that position"? trotsky Dec 2018 #89
Rug used to do that stuff, too. MineralMan Dec 2018 #47
And? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #53
And nothing... MineralMan Dec 2018 #55
Then why bring it up at all? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #58
I wasn't addressing you, guy. MineralMan Dec 2018 #62
There's also some majority Muslim countries that have banned the hijab for decades Major Nikon Dec 2018 #48
Are you sure it's the hijab, not the niqab or the burka? marylandblue Dec 2018 #51
... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #54
Thanks, I didn't know about that marylandblue Dec 2018 #65
A claim. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #66
A bullshit claim Major Nikon Dec 2018 #69
Evidence provided. trotsky Dec 2018 #90
Click the link in that post, Guy. MineralMan Dec 2018 #91
Great point. n/t trotsky Dec 2018 #88
Thank you. gtar100 Dec 2018 #37
You are welcome. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #40
"Intolerance" makes light of the situation. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #3
Repression perhaps motivated by intolerance. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4
"Theism" isn't a belief system any more than atheism is. trotsky Dec 2018 #7
Perhaps not. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #8
"maybe you should turn off the computer and take account of how you got to this point" trotsky Dec 2018 #21
I commented on that too marylandblue Dec 2018 #76
It's crackerjack, bumper sticker, slacktivist ethics. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #92
Because... NeoGreen Dec 2018 #9
You should write a stern letter to Xi, I think, Guy. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14
A well reasoned reply. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15
Well, I'm not sure how religion figures into China's repression MineralMan Dec 2018 #17
The article, and others on this topic that I have posted, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #19
Well, you see, the Chinese system represses all philosophies MineralMan Dec 2018 #20
We disagree. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #24
:shrug: MineralMan Dec 2018 #28
So you do not care about repression in general? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #33
That's not what he said Major Nikon Dec 2018 #72
So you think religion is the only reason people go to such camps Major Nikon Dec 2018 #67
The hijab is a symbol of female repression all over the world Major Nikon Dec 2018 #23
Diversion in action. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #25
If you don't want to answer, I understand Major Nikon Dec 2018 #49
You diverted, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #52
Bullshit Major Nikon Dec 2018 #56
Read the title. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #59
Bullshit Major Nikon Dec 2018 #60
Chinese repression of Uighurs has nothing to do with their religion. pangaia Dec 2018 #27
You are correct. MineralMan Dec 2018 #30
And as counterbalance, you have that one person that you know. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #32
Do you know anyone who is from China, Guy? MineralMan Dec 2018 #34
As a matter of fact, I do. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #39
Bye, now... MineralMan Dec 2018 #41
A good move on your part. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #43
It's pretty easy, isn't it. pangaia Dec 2018 #35
But guillaunmeb has religionnews.com MineralMan Dec 2018 #38
OOppss.. Jeeze I just looked. That's a real one. pangaia Dec 2018 #44
Explain that to the Uighurs. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #31
YOU try to explain that to Uighurs. They will laugh in your face. pangaia Dec 2018 #42
That has nothing to do with this post, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #45
Says the guy who insists non-belief is a "belief system" Major Nikon Dec 2018 #77
Guillaumeb knows better. As you've discovered, MineralMan Dec 2018 #46
And he is thus an expert on the Uighurs. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #64
A major publication? You mean like patheos? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #68
Funny how MM can attack a post from one cleric, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #70
And you are? MineralMan Dec 2018 #71
I made no such claim. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #73
I am sure the Uighurs understand that they live in a region of long dispute marylandblue Dec 2018 #79
A lot of things intersect in Uighur territory, where the Silk Roads once passed through marylandblue Dec 2018 #80
Then China's represion will not stop. nt kelly1mm Dec 2018 #61
That is almost certainly true. MineralMan Dec 2018 #63
Not unless the costs to it are too high. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #84
Like i said before, then China's repression will not stop ........ nt kelly1mm Dec 2018 #86
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