Pakistan, March 24 -- 'When any part of the body suffers, the whole body feels pain. New Zealand mourns with you. We are one.' With her head covered in a black scarf, standing before the Al Noor mosque, when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a white agnostic woman, quoted Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), it was not just humanity's victory over bigotry. It was a day of relief for the Muslim community.
For far too long, Muslim men and women have been reduced to terrorists. A beard on brown skin has become the mark of a suicide bomber and the hijab is seen as the crown of a jihadi bride. Western feminism has stomped all over the burka in the name of oppression. Burn your veils to be free! Unclothing the body is absurdly equated to freeing female minds.H...