A post by Maynard
Do you remember the Australian imam who compared women to “uncovered meat”?
Well, it seems that Christine Hawkins, a Melbourne grandmother, has called on Australian women to dress in bikinis and colorful beachwear and rally outside large mosques in protest of Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly’s comments. The rally will be held over the coming weekend.
The police will be out in force to protect the mosques, since, as everyone knows, bikini-clad women often perpetrate violent incidents.
Some suggestions for the rally:
- Roseanne Barr singing the US National Anthem.
- Jessica Simpson in cowgirl boots and cutoffs.
- Britney and Paris in a new home video.
- Angelina showing off her new tatoo.
- Madonna describing her new religion, accompanied by Dennis Rodman.
- Katie Holmes describing her new, uh, religion, accompanied by, uh, Top Gun.
- The Dixie Chicks, in the buff.
- Cyndi Sheehan, with her bullhorn.
- Hillary Clinton in a 2 piece ( now that ought to produce a few converts).
- Helen Thomas in a 2 piece ( no, not really, that would be cruel).
- Larry King’s 7th wife, resplendent in all her glory with baubles, bangles, in fishnet stockings and a wet Viagra t-shirt.
In principle, this seems like an amusing protest, but without the Australian police to guard THE WOMEN protesters, this seems a bit dangerous. If a mob riot breaks out (like in France) then these women could easily get hurt. I hope they know what they are doing–that it is truly safe enough to antagonize the Muslims in Australia in this way. I know it’s not the Middle East, but it sounds unsafe if they get a larger crowd of rowdy Muslim men showing up (and justifying violence by acting like they are defending their Mosque).
We tend to think of mosques as a place of worship. Not entirely correct, they are not churches as we think of them in the west. Think of it as “islamic party headquarters”, or “prayer-embassy”. Church and state are not distinct entities to islam. Therefore, the perfect place for a bikini protest. I believe the Australians have a great idea, so don’t forget the pork chops and hot dogs on the barbecue, and be careful. If it wasn’t winter I’d say lets do it in Michigan, too.
i hope we get some video of this one!
My goodness.
Brings back memories of a song called ‘Bikini Girls with Machine Guns’ by David Byrne. Maybe the youtube video will feature it in the background.