I think Quote by Salman Rushdie Download Open image “I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.” — Salman Rushdie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare I think Power Thinking Veil Veils Way Women
I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression.… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“Both the veil and makeup are often seen as voluntary behaviours by women, taken up by choice and to express agency. But in both… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
“To these women, the veil constitutes an extremely important part of the idea of 'getting dressed', whereas in the West the veil represents a… — Antonia Young Copy Share Image
The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“the majority of women in the Muslim world across the ages, who worked in the fields, did not cover their faces and do not… — Fred Halliday Copy Share Image
I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the suburbs of… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
In France, we respect women: we don't beat them; we don't ask them to hide themselves behind a veil as if they were impure. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
The veils have become very thin and we are now able to access a large part of our sacredness - and we are utilizing… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
“[she used to say that] each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world – like a bride wears… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
Some forms of veil are justified by the idea that you're not tempting men. Well how about men just behaving and keeping their hands… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Sometimes by a woodland stream he watched the water rush over the pebbled bed, its tiny modulations of bounce and flow. A woman's body… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going to pull… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Después de exigir mi marcha, ya no posees jurisdicción en lo concerniente a mi salud.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'd wanted to create a storm so that I could become more famous and richer. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Who what am I? My answer: I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“information, in a stream-of-consciousness soliloquy that revealed the extent to which he had internalised the adversarial fragmentation of American culture and made it a… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
I'm not here trying to convince anybody to vote for Donald Trump. I think every Christian needs to make up his own mind about… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
I think you can get, as a player, stuck in the mindset of trying too hard to prove yourself. — Trinity Rodman Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have… — Bobby Lee Copy Share Image
I thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do… — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
![“[she used to say that] each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world – like a bride wears on her wedding day—except this kind of veil is invisible. we walk around happily with these invisible veils hanging down over our faces. the world is kind of blurry. we like it that way…” quote by Rebecca Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c9/rebecca-stead-11010_marriage_she-used-to-say-that-each-of-us-has-a-ve_1078243.jpg)
