Take a close look at the two photos above. Notice anything different?
Well, the original photo (top) is of Israel's new cabinet. Problem is, it contains two female ministers. Since publishing pictures of women are considered a no-no for many ultra-orthodox Jews as a violation of female modesty, the Yated Neeman newspaper decided to do a little photoshoppin': Link
Allow me to amend:
"A woman's place is in the kitchen cabinet?"
...What women?
:shocked: Truly, these folks have the strangest ideas..... :-?
The other religion in the area in the region flogs, stones or shoots women for appearing with men.
"And that, my Leige, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped."
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere! Tell me again, how sheep's bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes."
What other religions are known for murdering women, in the name of god?
And it's DRUZE not Durze. Which is a muslim sect as well, but you'd already know that being a middle east expert and all.
Second, what other religions are known for murdering women? Many, but really one doesn't have to look farther than your own backyards. Just one small example, the former president of the U.S. waged war in the middle east on false pretenses, with the backing of the religious right. In fact many christian leaders/christians on the right in America fully supported the war in Iraq (and still do), thinking it's a fundamental war against Islam and whatnot. Needless to say hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, children, and babies have been killed in this fiasco.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1010-02.htm
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6329882/Bush-summons-religious-right-to.html
This is the bastion of mid-east freedom we give tens of billions in foreign aid too??? Some of their newspapers won't even print pictures of females clad in attire appropriate for their Cabinet members???
Nowadays you have Photoshop.. or who knows, maybe its just the SAME ladies in disguise??
LOL!
When women are oppressed, it's "tradition".
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/28/AR2009032801936.html
I'm surprised that only a handfull of religions have been mentioned, the list goes on from there (I'm talkin about the big "C" if ya know what I mean, and all of it's 1000 of versions). But if people want to live their life stuck in the past, all the power to them if I'm not the one that has to deal with it.
yes, it's stupid.
inkedkoi: so… if they knew the women would be cut-out in the end, then why have them pose for the photo in the first place??
Because the real picture was shown in all of the big, mainstream newspapers. The only newspapers that showed the photoshopped version were the ones written by and for the ultra-orthodox, who don't want to see pictures of women. It's really just a fringe of the really religious ones who are this far-out, and in any case it's their right to do so, just like it's your right to watch pornography if you want.
VonSkippy: It's such a tiny part of the Jews who are like that, and the Jews themselves only amount to what, 0.2% of the world population? So what large percentage are you talking about?
Jill:Wow…the ultra-orthodox crowd must be kind of stupid if by just omitting the females from the picture will fool them into thinking that there are no women in the cabinet.
Well no, they're just not showing the pics because they don't want to have to see pictures of women who are not their wives. They're not pretending there aren't any women in the parliament, their names and all were mentioned. Just not the pics. It's not that hard ya'll...
And FYI, the ladies weren't replaced with random guys, the two men were on or near the edges of the original (wider) picture.
And some other comments are really beyond stupid...
End Hate. End Zionism.
i live in Israel and i have never heard of that newspaper the charedi (the ultra Orthodox) have alot of their own newspapers i just find it interesting to point out that neeman means honest or truthful kinda weird and whats yeted probably just some bad transliteration (btw i am orthodox jew)