Tantawi calls for a ban on niqab

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@dhj786

Eh, comparing Persia after the invasion by Umar ibn al-Khattab to the Arabization efforts in Pakistan isn’t a fair comparison bro.

Persia has always maintained its non-Arab character, while retaining its Islamic identity. Just because their language is in Arabic script doesn’t mean it is Arabized. Look at Persian intellectuals, you can’t tell me that Rumi, Hafez, Sa’adi, and Omar Khayyam have been effectively Arabized.

I am against Arabization, but even I’ll admit that if the entire Muslim world was Arabized, wouldn’t we all be speaking Arabic instead of our own languages? Something to think about.

I’m not opposed to Islam by any means, but I feel a need to retain our unique Islamic character in the face of Arab cultural imperialism fueled by petro dollars/euros. I do not like the Arabized Pakistanis no more than the so-called “liberal” Pakistanis (whose definition of liberalism consists of drinking, smoking, and fornication).

Dude you live in the Northeast. I live in Texas and believe me, there are a lot of those Evangelical nutjobs here who believe in the creationism garbage. They are to me not much different from Islamic fundamentalists. Heck, those idiots who whine about how “immoral” American society is should go move to a small town in the Deep South; it’s really not much different from what they are accustomed to.

Ameen

In my opinion much balanced post of yours mate.
Keep it up!!