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Jesus in a burka

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thatbags Fri 13-Sept-13 16:25:11

Can I take it off now? No.

Greatnan Wed 18-Sept-13 12:14:50

Thanks, feetle - hilarious, and so are some of the comments underneath!

j08 Wed 18-Sept-13 12:12:46

Interesting to see that the books are by "Mohammed Jones". Not giving much away then. grin

He's a scaredy-mary! #fatwa. grin

j08 Wed 18-Sept-13 12:03:02

Is the putter-up of these tweets a Muslim himself? I wonder.

j08 Wed 18-Sept-13 12:01:51

Yes. That one is very good. Would n' t actually make me laugh. But good in the context of a campaign against burkas.

Ariadne Wed 18-Sept-13 11:43:58

Oh, I do like them! smile

feetlebaum Wed 18-Sept-13 11:01:48

Another Jesus and Mo cartoon is up...

www.jesusandmo.net/2013/09/18/hijab2/

janthea Tue 17-Sept-13 14:41:54

Loved it! gringrin

gracesmum Tue 17-Sept-13 14:04:03

It's taken me a while to actually have a look at this thread. Initially I thought "Jesus in a burka!" was some sort of (possibly antipodean) expletive. Try it! blush

j08 Tue 17-Sept-13 12:57:12

Yes. I like him too. smile

Iam64 Tue 17-Sept-13 12:55:57

I really used to enjoy Rabbi Lionel Blue on thought for the day. Last i heard he was ill - lovely, gentle humour

j08 Tue 17-Sept-13 09:39:26

I like a good cartoon. from Twitter

petallus Tue 17-Sept-13 09:30:26

I like the last one.

j08 Tue 17-Sept-13 09:28:44

Another one of his.

How many Jews does it take to change a light-bulb?
Two, one to change the bulb and another to tell him how to do it better.

How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a light-bulb?
One, provided the light-bulb really wants to change.

How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light-bulb?
None, don't worry about me, I'll sit alone in the dark.

j08 Tue 17-Sept-13 09:26:39

Petra, this is Rabbi Lionel Blue joke. I like it.

A gay couple walk arm-in-arm behind a young man and his girl, Suddenly the boy and girl have a flaming row and one of the gay couple remarks sadly to his partner, "That is what comes of mixed marriage".

petallus Tue 17-Sept-13 09:20:37

Obvious stuff as well.

petallus Tue 17-Sept-13 09:19:58

Yes, they are a way of having a pop at religion.

I noticed Dawkins loves them.

j08 Tue 17-Sept-13 09:16:25

I do have a sense of junior. It's on a different level with yours.

These "jokes" are just another atheist's way of having a pop at religion.

I will not get offended. I don't expect everyone to 'get' the reason behind some of my posts. I think Bags probably did this time.

petra Tue 17-Sept-13 09:03:15

Please don't get offended at this, j08, but you remind me of Margo in The Good Life. There was an episode where they were all laughing at something and Margo started crying because she didn't get the joke, and she realised she didn't have a sense of humour.

Joan Sun 15-Sept-13 08:53:30

Well, I loved it! Anything that takes the mick of the dafter aspects of religion or culture has to be worthwhile.

trendygran Sat 14-Sept-13 20:30:46

I totally agree with Stansgran . The most ridiculous thing I saw a few months ago was a woman trying to drink coffee under her niqab! They should be banned in this country . Shame on the college who have been forced to change their rules regarding the wearing of. niqabs .

nightowl Sat 14-Sept-13 18:42:07

I really struggle with a woman's right to wear a burka. Although I would like to say I support a woman's right to wear whatever she chooses, I can't reconcile this with a woman choosing to wear what is a symbol of oppression. While ever women are forced to wear such hideous garments and suffer severe punishments for transgressing this rule, how can any woman living in a free society actually embrace such a garment? It seems to me like a slap in the face to their sisters in other parts of the world.

Anne58 Sat 14-Sept-13 18:09:27

feetle grin

feetlebaum Sat 14-Sept-13 16:53:06

Can't remember the name of the Muslim comedienne. who said that in her house there were five veiled women and one bus pass...

Eloethan Sat 14-Sept-13 16:39:53

The cartoon made me smile but that doesn't mean I think women should be prevented from wearing the burkha if they wish to. Although I generally believe it to be indicative of the oppression of women, I also recognise that in western society too women are subjected to all sorts of pressures to look and behave in certain ways.

NfkDumpling Sat 14-Sept-13 14:28:59

I like J & M! And I don't think it's anti religion - just anti what's been done in the name of religion. A bit like my DD when she went into St Mark's Basilica saying in a too loud voice "My God - do do you think this is really what Jesus had in mind?"