France moves one step closer to burqa ban

[Hitman]

I think you forget that women find it liberating. You're being very disrespectful to their religion. Please don't post things you don't know about as I find it very offensive.

Ah yes, very liberating. I bet they love it when it's hot in summer time, must be really breezy in there!

It is not required by Islam to wear them, their husbands are jealous fools who don't want anybody else to look at their wives. I've heard conflicting stories from Muslims, some saying they do it by choice, others saying it's required, so it seems even they don't know!

If you cannot see the security risk then you must be wearing a burka over your eyes. Yes, I love freedom and it's a great thing, however we are not truly free as some things can't be in order to maintain security.

I would also like to point out, the (Belgium or Italian) law does not target the burka specifically. It applies to any garment that conceals the face - balaclava or a bag, whatever.

[immense]

If you knew anything about their religion you'd also know some of the women find it liberating. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying them all. It's a fact.

[Hitman]

If you knew anything about their religion you'd also know some of the women find it liberating. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying them all. It's a fact.

I am not claiming to know about their religion, afterall many Muslims don't know it themselves* and it is a cultural thing, not a religious thing. Some might, why I don't know, but when there are security risks to consider then they must be considered. It's the same as going around in a balaclava, I am anonymous. There was a recent robbery at a jewellers where a burka was worn by a man to gain entrance to a shop and his 'gang' came in after.

*A Muslim girl in my class drinks and says it is allowed. Many other Muslims, including my friend, say it is Haram (forbidden). The same goes for voting, some say it's forbidden whilst others say it's not.

Are you the expert on Islam then?

[Wig44.]

It's liberating because people won't know who they are. Just like it is liberating for a criminal to conceal his/her face.

[immense]

How rude. They find it liberating because they then feel safe and that men aren't oogling them.

[Hitman]

How rude. They find it liberating because they then feel safe and that men aren't oogling them.

You are rude for ignoring me! :@ Huff. It's their husbands who want them in the burkas, besides who's to say that other men will even look at them? There are plenty of women walking the streets. :S When it boils down to what you say, we risk security issues because some women's husbands don't want others looking at them. Hmm. I would rather security came first - in the Western culture people show their faces and do not hide behind veils because others will look at them. If they really don't want anybody to see their wives then they can go to a country that accepts the covering of the face.

[jackass]

I really do hope it gets banned here in the UK as well!

[HotelUser]

I would initially of said that banning it is stupid, because people should be allowed to represent their own culture with clothing. Then again, I think banning it makes sense, because it's it's perceived by many as woman's wear which represents inequality. People of other cultures don't really appreciate that and shouldn't have to.

[GommeInc]

If you knew anything about their religion you'd also know some of the women find it liberating. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying them all. It's a fact.

It's not believed to be part of their religion. It's more of a sub-cultural thing that just arose from no where.

Hitman is correct, they only really exist for the sake of their husbands paranoia. It makes a woman an object, something that is frowned upon in western culture. The reason behind them contradicts freedom. They wear them to show they are bound to their husbands, a nicer way of saying "imprisoned" (as a exaggeration, of course ). Besides, men can oggle at them in a different way.

[Matty]

It's a pain in the neck it's one of those things that in reality they is nothing wrong with it, but it's just a pain. I hope it gets banned in Brit.