March 20, 2010
Published: 28 Jan 10 09:23 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20100128-24873.html
As their neighbours in France edged closer to a ban on burkas, German politicians on Thursday debated whether such a measure was necessary in their own country.
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Allowing this to occur in Western societies should be unacceptable this day and age of International terrorosm. If you live in the West, you need to adapt. If you insist on having to wear this, then move back where you came from.
Very simple!!!!
In my home country Egypt, which is a muslim country by majority, there is an ongoing debate to BAN the burqa! so it is not extreme in my view that other countries want to ban it. This nonsense burqa according to many Muslim scholars has nothing to do with Islam! it is rubbish, just that! and hence I'm an arch enemy of this rubbish and I would like to see it banned, despite being a muslim myself!
So hell yes, ban the Burqa! way to go Europe! my only reservation is on taking this thing and use it to spew hatred against muslims like is being done by far right parties across the continent. Hatred is bade, no matter who is the subject to it.
Having all shop owners, cab drivers, doormen, banks and governments agree to refuse dealing with the 'burka bunch' would go 90% of the way towards eliminating the problem.
you are funny. it seems ISLAM hijacked your bank balance and making problems for you everyday. please dont be so extream unless you have proper reasons.
the style of BURKHA varries from place to place. someone said that above. i agree. The concept of covering body for a woman basically came up to protect woman from sexual harassments. In Islam Burkha has nothing to do. ISLAM says cover your body so that your beautiful curves are not visible by other man except your husband. ISLAM says to man not to give any look to a woman with LUST. ISLAM does not say to cove the entire face like we see in this article. I would suggest you to know the real values before making statements
Let me translate everything you just said into "Western":
jealous Arabs incorporating stuff into a religion in order to preserve their delicate egos (by using religious legalities to prevent their women from straying...instead of just being a good husband)!
- women want to wear burkas in their own environment or even in public but no problem to anyone else or to society - who am I or who is anyone here to deny them?
- women want to wear burkas where they interfere with the normal working of society such as personal identification or where body language is important such as security areas or schools - not allowed - a society must function the way it is designed
other issues such as the rights of women are already served by law - in germany, a man cannot force his wife to wear a burka against her will. Fullstop. No need for further legislation
many are genuinely concerned for the woman who are being oppressed by the burka. In Germany - as mentioned by michael4096 - a man cannot force his wife to wear a burka against her will. I understand that this law is hard to police, as many women in such situations do not have the support in which to speak out against their husbands/family. How about these politicians spend less time on such a stupid debate, and more time on ensuring that the Islamic women who fall into this category, can have the support in overcoming their oppressors. But the issue here is not the burka and it is not Islam, it is domestic violence...
I think a few people here are mistaking "cannot" with "should not". The law has practically no effect on internal family dynamics/psychology. The socio-cultural influence that makes women wear burkas/hijab cannot be policed!!