{"id":1308,"date":"2011-01-04T02:37:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T02:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2014-12-04T02:41:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T02:41:57","slug":"the-woman-behind-the-veil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-woman-behind-the-veil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman Behind the Veil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Muslim Burqa Debate - &quot;The Woman Behind The Veil&quot;\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mHlgjt2xmgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She hides behind it as if ashamed<br \/>\nOf the God given beauty she bears<br \/>\nAnd at other women without it<br \/>\nShe in disdain stares<\/p>\n<p>For men are weak, or so its said<br \/>\nAnd lead them astray it might<br \/>\nSo to thwart sin and stay holy<br \/>\nWomen keep their beauty out of sight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And we in the west, look, don&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nOffended by it we feel<br \/>\nHold the women are as prisoners kept<br \/>\nWhen their face they behind veils conceal<\/p>\n<p>The western woman, she wars no veil<br \/>\nBut proudly shows her face<br \/>\nAnd paints it with make up and powders<br \/>\nAnd goes all over the place<\/p>\n<p>But without make up will she be seen?<br \/>\nHoly horrors, no no no!<br \/>\nShe must be painted to look her best<br \/>\nBefore among others she will go.<\/p>\n<p>She wears the veil of makeup<br \/>\nDonned by the selfish urge of pride<br \/>\nTo please men: and is as much a prisoner<br \/>\nAs any Muslim who her face behind veils does hide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She hides behind it as if ashamed Of the God given beauty she bears And at other women without it She in disdain stares For men are weak, or so its said And lead them astray it might So to thwart sin and stay holy Women keep their beauty out &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,55,54,102,7,446,880,130,6],"tags":[1487,1477,1488,1420,2350,1483,1485,544,1482,1486,1484,1478],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cause-for-pause","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","category-islam","category-life","category-moral","category-philosophy","category-politics","category-video-poetry","tag-body-image","tag-burqa","tag-cosmetics","tag-feminism","tag-islam","tag-make-up","tag-modesty","tag-moral-2","tag-moslem","tag-self-respect","tag-westernism","tag-women-in-islam","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-l6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2029,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/apron-and-the-veil\/","url_meta":{"origin":1308,"position":0},"title":"Apron and the Veil","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Some folk of faith their truth declare Sinner are we who on the square Meet as Brethren, in Lodge or street At all times Gods eye beneath We go to Church, more do not go Each his own truth to God does know As he knows God,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Freemasonry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Freemasonry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/freemasonry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"It was the writings and life of Robbie Burns that inspired my interest in Freemasonry, which has got me the ire of some nuns on the net of late!  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