Muslim Girls Choose Scouts Over Vagina Monologues

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Muslim Girls Choose Scouts Over Vagina Monologues

Posted Nov 29th 2007 8:43AM by Dinesh D'Souza
Filed under: Islam, Gay and Lesbian, Cultural Left, History

Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout movement, would have been surprised! He wanted his Scouts to be troopers for the British empire. Young British boys and girls, learning the techniques of survival and camaraderie and civilized behavior even in stressful conditions.
But the Scouts movement has spread worldwide, and now the New York Times reports that Muslim girls are joining the Girl Scouts in many American cities. Why? Basically in order to assimilate and become American! "It's kind of cool to say you are a girl scout," one Muslim girl says. "It is good to have something to associate yourself with other Americans. I like to be able to say that I am a girl scout just like any other normal girl."

Sure, some of the Muslim clubs are a little different in that they incorporate Muslim traditions. In Minneapolis one of the Scout groups is called the Khadija Club after the prophet Muhammad's first wife. So far Muslim groups have shown no hesitation, however, in extending membership to non-Muslims.

To some liberals, it may seem surprising that young Muslim girls are joining a conservative group like the Scouts. Recall that the Scouts have been hauled into court several times for refusing to embrace homosexuality. Some liberal groups are outraged that the Boy Scouts is uncomfortable with the idea of gay troop leaders taking young boys into the wilderness! Such prudery!

But it is precisely the traditional values of the Scouts that draw young Muslims. Somehow these religious and modest girls are not attracted by what liberal culture has to offer. Given the choice of trying out for "The Vagina Monologues" or taking up Scouting, they prefer Scouting. If he knew this, that wily old imperialist Lord Baden Powell would have chuckled.

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91. Dinny, write us a column what it's like to get up-close and personal with "Mann" Coulter. You may or may not be using the word vagina, but we all want to hear about it

dan k at 7:03AM on Nov 30th 2007

92. Chicks with D*cks

stuart joshua at 7:12AM on Nov 30th 2007

93. So....a choice between the vagina monologues and girl scouts never really existed, except in this guy's head. He gets weirder with every blog.

What alarms me is this "any religion is better than no religion" attitude, "any faith better than no faith".

I would rather have my child have no faith or the ability to choose her own, than join a Muslim knock off of girl scouts any day.

This guy's God must be real, if it enables him to post these idiotic blogs day after day and never get fired. Surely aol can do better? He's not even relevant.

At least he didn't plug his book this time.

DavidG at 8:50AM on Nov 30th 2007

94. I bet Dinesh giggled every time he typed "vagina".

Ivy at 9:02AM on Nov 30th 2007

95. People are taking Mr. Desouza's post way out of proportion...What he is saying is instead of trying out for a play etc., the muslim girls are preferring to join girl scouts...If you notice on the girl scout cookie boxes, usually there are pictures of multi-cultural girls on them

Bridget at 9:29AM on Nov 30th 2007

96. I have accomplished a few things in me life, and becoming an Eagle Scout is not the least of them. In all my years as a Scout, and also as an assistant Scoutmaster, there was never a hint of politics, thank God. There are troops in liberal areas, troops in conservative areas, but most troops are about as mixed as the communities which sponsor them. It's an apolitical and democratic organization, and I suspect I'm not the only former scout who finds your column offensive, Dinesh.

best,
michael white

michael white at 9:29AM on Nov 30th 2007

97. *or trying out for cheerleading etc.* girl competititons in other words lol

Bridget at 9:39AM on Nov 30th 2007

98. One of my daughters was a cheerleader, and I have to say behind the scenes there were a lot of anorexia cases...My daughter opted to get out of the cheerleading because of it!

Bridget at 9:42AM on Nov 30th 2007

99. Smart girl!

Bridget at 9:46AM on Nov 30th 2007

100. Has anyone noticed that bridget, kulari, kevin, ray, steve, alex, and rita are trying to support DD by extrapolating from his utter nonsensical blog some sort of message?

"I know what he means." HA.

Are they so far gone that they cannot see what 90% of posters have noted about this blog?

That was a rhetorical question.

Where is Botts, the voice of christian reason?

There must be a more relevant, reasonable, truthful conservative and/or christian blogger that AOL could find to replace him with.

Are you listening, AOL?

Linda at 10:20AM on Nov 30th 2007

101. I sure hope there are no scout badges for 'bombmaking"...

Dave at 10:31AM on Nov 30th 2007

102. Thanks for the insight, Bridget. At first I thought I read a different article than you did. Then I went back and re-read it and see your point. Dinesh is really talking about CHEERLEADERS and VAGINAS.

michael at 10:43AM on Nov 30th 2007

103. So, here's a question. How about Dinesh, ladies? Can you imagine spending a romantic evening with this guy? I find him vaguely terrifying and profoundly unappealing at every human level. Behind his deep sanctimony and myopic hysteria, I would guess there's a very lonely guy.

clares at 10:47AM on Nov 30th 2007

104. Has anyone noticed that Linda is either a bigoted idiot or a liar?

I made no comments regarding DD's article.
For the record, I thought his comparison of the Girl Scouts and Vagina Monologues to be pretty lame.

My first post concerned Knight's assertion that the BSA was a paramilitary arm of the Mormon church. That is ALL I posted about.

ray at 10:53AM on Nov 30th 2007

105. I apologize, Ray. My bad. You are correct. Take your name off that list.

Maybe it was all the snickers that confused me.

Again, sorry

Linda at 11:43AM on Nov 30th 2007

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