Burqa Quotes

14 quotes by 9 authors

I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good… — Elayne Boosler
I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter… — Amy Schumer
The ban would apply to the full-body veil known as the burqa or niqab. This is not an article of clothing â€” it is a… — Jean-Francois Cope
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made up… — Eleanor Smeal
The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawudâ€™s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangirâ€™s big Mohawk rising from a… — Michael Muhammad Knight
If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. — Jean-Francois Cope
When I was 12 my brother told me I had to wear the burqa, but I really wanted to play, because I was a child.… — Malina Suliman
The burqa is a way of controlling the woman, but in the name of respect. Every culture or religion gives a different name for the… — Malina Suliman
I have always used the burqa because men are using the burqa in the name of culture and religion to take freedom from women. Women… — Malina Suliman
If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban, secure from acid if she… — Malina Suliman
Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan doesn't want to… — Malina Suliman
It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from their burqas, we… — Arundhati Roy
The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now well… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
For the jihadists, Muslim women who embrace Western mores, and wear tight jeans or mini skirts, are hated symbols of corruption that need to be… — Mustafa Akyol

Who Wrote These Burqa Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 14 Burqa Quotes as follows: