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Women should be free to wear the burqa : Comments

By Pip Hinman, published 29/11/2010

Wearing the burqa raises complicated questions of human rights.

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I agree with runner, both posts, which is refreshing! There are other dress codes and body image expectations virtually enforced on young women in Western culture which are much more damaging than the burqua.

I do question those assertions that ALL women in a burqua are being forced to do so. As is the case with Christianity, pious adherents to the faith will put the religious dogma ahead of any external moral considerations. An example is women banned from being priests in the catholic church. It is their belief system, we should respect that, so long as they are not trying to ram their religion down our throats or try to impose their dogma on our legal system and own personal freedoms.

The Muslims have it wrong anyway. I actually find their women more appealing when they are covered like that. The mystery...

And maybe not all ties should be banned, but it should be illegal to force employees to wear them, and all ties with a cartoon character or other gimmick should be burned in the town square, with all high heels too.

Actually, I question whether any woman would wear high heels if it wasn't expected by mainstream Western society. BAN THEM! They are uncomfortable and are purely for the benefit of some men's sexual gratification.
Posted by TrashcanMan, Monday, 29 November 2010 6:29:41 PM
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The niqab and the burqa are entirely different modes of dress.

The burqa does not offend me as long as women use the face covering reasonably, no problem. In fact I think it is rather attractive.

But I have a real problem with the niqab apart from being confronting.

The niqab is unhealthy for the woman. It is proven that lack of sunlight can kill a human being eventually. They are not doing themselves any favours.
Posted by RaeBee, Monday, 29 November 2010 7:26:52 PM
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Banning the burqa would stop letterbox ladies
<<from participating in society as women, as workers, as unionists, as feminists, as mothers>>?

Women:
How do you know the person in the tent is a woman?
You don't.
How does the woman in a remote public toilet know whether the only other occupant is a woman if she is disguised as a member of the Ku Klux Klan?

Workers:
Who should have to work with someone whose face they can't see, whose expression they can't read?
No one.

Unionists:
Who would put this one here?
A social justice activist.

Feminists:
For some reason one keeps forgetting that Mohammed was the first feminist, with his liberation of Arab women.

Mothers:
Pillar box ladies wear their burqas when communicating with their kids?
Posted by Proxy, Monday, 29 November 2010 8:22:14 PM
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Drivers:
People should be able to read the actions of drivers, who represent a potential threat. How can you tell if the person in the shroud has seen your bicycle?
How can the policeman identify the driver? Or must they call for female back-up?
Should people in burqas be allowed to pay for their petrol at the service station. Don't they represent even more of a security threat than helmets, which are already prohibited?

Bank customers:
Doesn't 7th century Arabian desert garb exclude women from participating fully in society as bank customers? If it doesn't, it should for the same reasons that motorcycle helmets are banned but even moreso. Or should burqa weares get a free pass because we hope and assume that they are harmless Muslimahs, besides it would be discriminatory to question their right to glide around in a tent in a bank whereas everybody else must remain identifiable.

Witnesses/defendents/plaintiffs/judges/lawyers/jury members:
Must the courts be cleared everytime a letterbox lady takes the stand?
(Apparently yes, in Perth where "social justice activists" are being promoted to the bench)
Has a defendant the right to see the faces of the jurors who sit in judgement over them?
What is to stop a Muslimah judge from wearing a burqa?

Teachers:
Do children have the right to see the face of their teacher?

etc, etc, etc

Burqas in no way belong in 21st century Australia.

Burqas belong in 7th century Arabia, with their advocates.
Posted by Proxy, Monday, 29 November 2010 8:22:16 PM
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Burka Blue: No Burka,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK7CVNyBALo&feature=related
Posted by Cornflower, Monday, 29 November 2010 8:27:25 PM
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Next they will demand the removal of Photographs from identity cards , Pasports etc
Posted by Garum Masala, Monday, 29 November 2010 9:05:33 PM
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