Al-Qaeda Threatens France Over Burqa

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
June 30, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/581/al-qaeda-threatens-france-over-burqa

Excerpt:

Today, al-Qaeda threatened France over the ostensible issue of the burqa. Tommorrow, America will be in their gun sights on this same issue.

The burqa, niqab–even hijab–are being used as pawns in the power struggle between jihadic Islam and the West. These dress codes are primarily political in nature.

For those people who really and truly believe that the burqa is a religious and not a political/jihadic issue–consider this:

According to the United States monitoring service SITE Intelligence, Al-Qaeda, has just announced that it plans to "take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, calling on Muslims to retaliate against the country." Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said:

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