Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Islam Day in the public schools Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:42:21 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:42:03 -0400, Sam Sloan wrote: >=A0At 08:43 AM 9/21/2003 -0400, Bonnie wrote: >=A0>And, despite the belly-dancing, a woman stomping her >=A0>foot (which might cause revealing jiggling, even under >=A0>a burqua), is also prohibited. I'm not sure if the Quran >=A0>prescribes penalties. > >=A0Bonnie is basing her prejudices on a book she saw written by= somebody, >=A0somewhere, author unknown. Travis's quote which Bonnie is alluding to is from the Koran= 24.31 : and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; I just Googled it to be sure . I think one of the wildest religious headgear is those little boxes of scriptures the Hassidim wear . I think some orientals have a similar custom . I think the neatest are those $3500 sable cake layers Hassidic men sometimes wear . When coming out of Central Station in Antwerp , I thought for a moment I had been transported back to Williamsburg . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/21 1:33:14 PM