Strange, I've never been admonished by any Muslim women that I should become Muslim, otherwise I'll be killed
loudmouth2,
Let us know what their replies are when you ask them if they condemn the teachings of the faith they so go out of their way to show us they support, that call for non Muslims to be exterminated.
I mean you would be against what the Nazis did so why are you defending when another, even longer established hate group desires similar or worse? Or, do you as a Muslim defender approve of what was done to the jewish people ?

Paul,

Only if they don't have a licence for their make-believe guns.

Is Mise & Individual,

So ....... to wear particular sorts of clothes means they're out to get us ? All a bit paranoid ?

Is it possible that many Muslims, like other believers in various gods, wear their beliefs lightly, not thinking much about it all, any more than the average Christian agonises over whether Tamar or Esther did the right thing, or where did Cain go (since we're all descended from him: didn't think of that, did you ?), or if Job showed enough gratitude for god's gamble with Satan, or what is the deep meaning of the Good Samaritan story.

So if you pointed out some of the more brutal verses in the Koran, they may well be surprised, having never read it. If anything, they may see wearing head coverings and long skirts as necessary and a sign of modesty, and not having much to do with the Koran at all. After all, usually the Koran is parked high up in a Muslim house where it can't actually be read.

A lot of us, maybe most of us, do not entirely 'fit into everyday Western society'. I should hope not. Many of us, even here on OLO, question some of its basic principles. That's how a democratic society works.

What also is supposed to work in everyday Western society is the Rule of Law: if someone breaks the law, they pay the penalty. If they observe the law, they're free to do whatever the hell they like, including wearing clothing that they're familiar with.

Masks ? Isn't one of the demands of the Hong Kong authorities that protesters shouldn't be allowed to wear face-masks ? Mind you, I can't stand that stupid, smug moustachioed mask that some wear.

Joe

Joe,

As I said, I don't care what they wear but masks are not everyday dress for Australians.

As I also said Islam is pushing its extreme forms of Muslim dress worldwide, twenty years ago in India, for example, most Muslim women wore a variety of sari or other female dress but never masks.
To the casual observer, they were indistinguishable from other women, but my wife used to tell me the subtle distinctions in dress that separated Muslims from Hindus and indeed one region from another and caste from caste (although caste no longer exists officially as it is banned).

Things have changed and all over India, Muslim women are to be seen in the full tent.

Unless you wish to legalise balaclava's and make it free for anyone to get around wearing a mask to deliberately conceal their identity; then I say no.
They can keep the veil, and leave the face covering;
Otherwise go back to wear you came from.

We already had a Ned Kelly in this country.

AC,

So ...... to wear a nikab or burka is a sure sign that someone was about to commit a terrorist act ?

I remember reports, when I was a kid, of another kid in his Superman uniform jumping in front of a train at Chester Hill. His uniform wasn't much of an indication of his ultimate mortality. Not that women wearing nikabs do so as some sort of test of their mortality either.

So how is it any of your business what people wear ? How is it offensive if some women want to cover up as an honest expression of their modesty ?

Joe