http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlkxlzTZc48&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9LVf_KMO0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxbYBIlT6VE


Australia must have the only peaceful Muslims on the planet.....well so it seems.

LEAP

Bans on the burqa are a valuable lesson in the farce that is patriarchy. A male hegemony imposes cultural rules which women come to own for their very survival. A male hegemony from another culture then imposes cultural rules to overturn the cultural rules a male hegemony imposed in the first place, with apparent utter disregard for women. It's a power game between men of which women are the victims. It will not be until patriarchy is dismantled with provision for women's legislatures that women will have the opportunity to make their own choices. The bans makes men look just plain stupid.

I can't believe some of you seeing themselves as enlightened & democratic Australians. What a bunch of indoctrinated ignoramuses.

@ individual

"I can't believe some of you seeing themselves as enlightened & democratic Australians. What a bunch of indoctrinated ignoramuses".

Well,why don't you name some of these "ignoramuses" and provide evidence to support your opinion?

mac,
if you consider yourself an enlightened individual then just read the posts before mine.

@individual,

Do you mean all the posts (which includes my post,btw) or the previous two? You still haven't provided a critique. The implicit "any reasonable person would see that those people are bigots" argument really doesn't impress, unless it's supported by evidence.

To remove any ambiguities-in my opinion, the notion that Islam is, "just another religion" is dangerously naive, or informed by ignorance. Remember we're discussing Islam, not Moslems, or 'race'.