Barefoot Doctor’s 2012 Message (interview)
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“There is a need to be aware an almighty storm is on the way and so do what you can to lash yourself down as securely as possible until it passes and the rebuild operation gets underway.”
Though Taoist teacher (and regular Skrufff contributor) Barefoot Doctor is more than a little apocalyptic in his new book The Message he’s characteristically optimistic despite his warning.
“We have reached a crisis point in human history,” he continues, “The indication is for collapse rather than destruction – the sort of collapse that leads to the discovery of a necessary jewel that might have otherwise been left undiscovered.”
Egyptian Cleric Launches Footwear Fatwa
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Top Salafi preacher Mustafa al-Adawi branded high heels a ‘source of seduction for men’ this week, as he announced a fatwa prohibiting the saucy shoes.
“A woman can only wear high heels for her husband,” the Egyptian cleric decreed, “but she is not to do so outside her house,” he ordered. (English Alarabiya: http://bit.ly/v6hsiw )
News of the high heel ban emerged just two weeks after top Saudi religious policeman Sheikh Motlab al Nabet ordered women to refrain from showing ‘tempting’ eyes, in addition to the face and hair-covering headscarves they’re already forced to wear.
The Sheikh (from Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) reportedly issued his decree after a husband got into a fight with one of his religious cops, after the policeman ordered his wife to cover her attractive eyes, Asia News reported (MuslimWomenNews: http://bit.ly/tY8neq )
In more high heel shoe news, the New York Times reported that fashion conscious male hipsters are increasingly adopting platforms, such as Mr Black regular Jeff Piace.
“I wish society was more acceptable of men wearing heels,” Mr Piace told Times reporter Trish Romano last month, “I think it’s fun. I think it makes a statement.”
Ageing English soccer star David Beckham previously tried to spark a revival in 2007, impressing Times critic Matthew Syed (though not so many others) for ‘changing the contemporary notion of masculinity, softening it, smoothing it, widening it, diversifying it’.
“He has also made it possible to be a real man and sensitive,” the Times columnist declared, “To be a real man and concerned about one’s appearance; to be a real man and to cry in public; to be a real man and to wear dresses and high heels.”
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