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	<title>Comments on: Sin-chronized Swimming:  German Court Holds that Muslim Girl Must Swim Despite Religious Prohibitions</title>
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		<title>By: Hafiz</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2008/05/08/sin-chronized-swimming-german-court-holds-that-muslim-girl-must-swim-despite-religious-prohibitions/#comment-29395</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hafiz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to know, search about islam from wikipedia and you&#039;ll understand..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to know, search about islam from wikipedia and you&#8217;ll understand..</p>
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		<title>By: Hafiz</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2008/05/08/sin-chronized-swimming-german-court-holds-that-muslim-girl-must-swim-despite-religious-prohibitions/#comment-29394</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hafiz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey jill.. I can confidently assure you that there are reasons behind her religion controlling women..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey jill.. I can confidently assure you that there are reasons behind her religion controlling women..</p>
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		<title>By: Jill</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 02:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find this and other stories like it heartbreaking.  The German govt. isn&#039;t teaching this girl autonomy and neither is her religion.  Certainly the govt. can and should offer an alternative for her.  I also hate to see a 12 year old girl be taught that her body must be covered due to an archaic religious&#039; tradition.  

In all the religions sects that require women to cover their bodies the rational is that men will see a woman and be distracted (ie: sexually aroused).  I do not understand why a man can not look at a woman/girl and see a friend, a child, a colleague.  It is also not clear to me why when a man feels sexually towards a woman he is unable to deal with those feelings as a normal part of life.  

Every woman should have the right to feel the wind in her hair and the water moving over her body no matter who else is present at the time. To be cut off from the natural world because of religious rules is wrong.  

I do wish the govt. would reinforce the girl&#039;s autonomy by working out this issue.  I equally wish her religious sect (and others like it) stopped trying to contol her and other women.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find this and other stories like it heartbreaking.  The German govt. isn&#8217;t teaching this girl autonomy and neither is her religion.  Certainly the govt. can and should offer an alternative for her.  I also hate to see a 12 year old girl be taught that her body must be covered due to an archaic religious&#8217; tradition.  </p>
<p>In all the religions sects that require women to cover their bodies the rational is that men will see a woman and be distracted (ie: sexually aroused).  I do not understand why a man can not look at a woman/girl and see a friend, a child, a colleague.  It is also not clear to me why when a man feels sexually towards a woman he is unable to deal with those feelings as a normal part of life.  </p>
<p>Every woman should have the right to feel the wind in her hair and the water moving over her body no matter who else is present at the time. To be cut off from the natural world because of religious rules is wrong.  </p>
<p>I do wish the govt. would reinforce the girl&#8217;s autonomy by working out this issue.  I equally wish her religious sect (and others like it) stopped trying to contol her and other women.</p>
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