Comments on: Sporting Group calls on Muslim women to join the Army Reserve http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Manas Shaikh http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/comment-page-1/#comment-24346 Manas Shaikh Sun, 06 May 2007 13:23:22 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/#comment-24346 Only if our good hopes (or thoughts) were the truth! Only if our good hopes (or thoughts) were the truth!

]]> By: blah http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23770 blah Thu, 03 May 2007 00:24:18 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/#comment-23770 I don't think it's common. I don’t think it’s common.

]]> By: Manas Shaikh http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23745 Manas Shaikh Wed, 02 May 2007 18:34:14 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/#comment-23745 I hear that in western armies rape is a common phenomena! I hear that in western armies rape is a common phenomena!

]]> By: Amir http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23724 Amir Wed, 02 May 2007 14:32:39 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/#comment-23724 I agree. The fact that they are being called to <em>prove</em> their commitment to the "national security solution" is what I find disagreeable moreso than the fact they are being asked to join the army reserve (regardless of the emotional polemics of at least one community figure who characterised the campaign as being an attempt to enlist Muslim women to murder other Muslims!) Implicit in such a call is that there is some sort of deficit -- real or imagined -- that needs to be addressed by Muslim women making a public display of 'commitment' that is not demanded nor expected, it seems, of the women of other faith communities. It would be equally silly for someone to call on Muslim women to become postal workers to prove their commitment to the national postal system or learn aboriginal languages to 'prove' their commitment to reconciliation. I agree. The fact that they are being called to prove their commitment to the “national security solution” is what I find disagreeable moreso than the fact they are being asked to join the army reserve (regardless of the emotional polemics of at least one community figure who characterised the campaign as being an attempt to enlist Muslim women to murder other Muslims!)

Implicit in such a call is that there is some sort of deficit — real or imagined — that needs to be addressed by Muslim women making a public display of ‘commitment’ that is not demanded nor expected, it seems, of the women of other faith communities. It would be equally silly for someone to call on Muslim women to become postal workers to prove their commitment to the national postal system or learn aboriginal languages to ‘prove’ their commitment to reconciliation.

]]> By: Peter http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/comment-page-1/#comment-23723 Peter Wed, 02 May 2007 14:22:46 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/05/02/sporting-group-calls-on-muslim-women-to-join-the-army-reserve/#comment-23723 Why do Muslim women have to prove anything? This is such a stupid and pointless suggestion. Why do Muslim women have to prove anything? This is such a stupid and pointless suggestion.

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