Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Muslim woman fights to keep veil for license photo Experts in Islamic law are being called to testify in the lawsuit of a Muslim woman fighting a state order to take off her veil for her driver's license photo. Sultanna Freeman, 35, says Florida's insistence on photographing her face violates her religious rights. "I don't unveil ... because it would be disobeying my Lord," Freeman testified Tuesday at the start of her non-jury trial...more [CNN] Let's look at the following list of Muslim countries: Driver identification rules in Muslim nations: Saudi Arabia:  Women aren't allowed to drive Iran: Women wear a traditional Shadour, which does not cover the face. Egypt: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures United Arab Emirates: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Oman: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Kuwait: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Qatar: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Bahrain: Women do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Jordan: Women can drive if their faces are covered but do not cover their face in I.D. pictures Sorry Sultana, but your argument couldn't veil an ant. If mainstream Muslim countries require Women to uncover their faces, then why shouldn't we? I am also ashamed that the ACLU is involved in this case...mj 1:54:34 PM

Microsoft pulls update for Windows Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has withdrawn a security update for its Windows XP software after discovering that it switched off Internet connections for some of the 600,000 users who downloaded and installed it...more [CNN] A classic case of one comanies fix messing anothers product. At least Microsoft did pull this quickly. I wonder what happned to the QA process that allowed this to happen...mj 11:28:06 AM

The job hunt... Progress on the job hunt front. I am starting to get some reactions. Something has to drop in the next 7 days or I am in big trouble...mj 10:38:49 AM

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