Good Grief.

These people think we are so stupid. Not just stupid, but really downright thick-as-a-brick dumb stooooopid infidels.

I don't care how many purple hijabs you wear, or how many times you try to disassociate Islam with violence against women. Who are you gonna believe?

The reverts or your own lying eyes?

("Yoosuf Penney, who converted to Islam at 18, spoke at the event to say that a balance must be struck between acknowledging abuse among Muslims, but not allowing the problem to become associated with the community.")

They are more concerned about appearances than acts, and tribal honour-shame codes.

And as my friend Kathy has blithley noted on more than one occasion, Muslims strongest contributions to the issue of domestic violence is the number of their own women who are in womens' shelters.

I am unimpressed and unmoved by this token phoney-baloney gesture.