This is irony at its best–it’s sad, but it is irony at its best.<\/p>\n
Daniel Pipes<\/a> is the president of The Middle East Forum<\/a>. He is an affiliate professor<\/a> at the University of Haifa<\/a>. His bi-weekly column appears regularly in the Washington Times<\/a> a<\/i>nd in newspapers around the globe, including the Israel Hayom<\/a><\/i> (Israel<\/a>), La Raz\u00f3n<\/i> (Spain), L’Opinione<\/i> (Italy), and the Australian<\/i>. His special interests include the role of Islam in public life, Turkey, the Arab-Israeli conflict<\/a>, and U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n Mr. Pipes<\/a> posted an article<\/a> today on his blog that is totally ironic.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n A local source in the Iraqi province of Nineveh announced on Friday, September 2, that the [ISIS<\/a>] terrorist group has released an order, based on which no woman is allowed to be wearing niqab or burqa when entering the security and military centres. The decision, according to the source, came after some fully veiled women killed a number of ISIS commanders and members in the past months.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article notes the irony:<\/p>\n (1) First irony: The ISIS rulers first require the burqa and then, realizing what a perfect cover it provides to attack themselves, ban it from sensitive areas. Should attacks on them continue, perhaps ISIS will have to ban the burqa from all public places, which would be quite a change.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) Second irony: The most retrograde, extreme, and morbid Islamist regime on earth recognizes burqas<\/a> as a danger to public security while the modern, moderate, and democratic states in the West remain clueless.<\/strong><\/p>\n (3) Despite my frustration on this issue, I do believe it’s just a matter of more assaults and more time before Westerners wake up to this problem. But how many more must be gratuitously robbed, raped, and killed before that happens? (September 6, 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n It is time for the west to wake up to the danger the burqa represents. Even partially covering your face in your driver’s license picture represents a security risk. It’s time to put the safety of Americans before someone else’s dress code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is irony at its best–it’s sad, but it is irony at its best. Daniel Pipes is the president of The Middle East Forum. He is an affiliate professor at the University of Haifa. His bi-weekly column appears regularly in … Continue reading