Dutch government wants to ban burqas
Wow. I guess Europe was the only logical place that someone would try to implement something like this.
“The Cabinet finds it undesirable that face-covering clothing — including the burqa — is worn in public places for reasons of public order, security and protection of citizens,†Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk said.
Basing the order on security concerns apparently was intended to respond to warnings that outlawing clothing like the all-enveloping burqa, worn by some Muslim women, could violate the constitutional guarantee against religious discrimination.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Although, I don’t suppose anyone would ever say “let’s ban turbans because you could have a bomb in there” but you never know these days. Full Article: MSNBC: Dutch government seeks to ban full-length veils
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November 18th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
This is just show that Europeans have no tolerance and oppress women just as European accuses the Muslim of doing. Banning a woman to wear veil is same as forcing a women to wear veil, both are oppressive to women and violates women’s right. Congratulation Dutch people, you guys are just like Taliban.
This just show Europeans don’t care about Freedom, Democracy, Diversity, Torlance, Women’s Right, Religious’ Right, Minority’ Right, Human Rights. Next, time they preach those things, just laugh at them as jokes.
November 18th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
It kills the Westerners to think that Muslim women actually choose to wear it. Only thing they want to believe is that women are forced to wear it by men.
Look at the countries like Turkey or Tunisia that government banned it and discourage it. But the Muslim women continue to wear it with big numbers. In the BBC news, they said 65% of the all women in Turkey wear veil.
Very, very small percentage of women are forced to wear it by men but nearly all women wear it because they choose to wear it.
We all know why they can’t ban the full Muslim veil or hijab because Nuns wear the same veil for the same reason.
Why is it when nuns wear veil, people consider them holy and pious but when Muslim women wear veil, people consider them ’submissive and oppressed’?
November 30th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Nuns choose to become nuns, they aren’t forced to become nuns, nor are they born nuns.
Muslim women wear burka’s cuz that’s what the religion asks/tells them to do. Even if they wear them of their own accord, it has to do with what society expects of them.
But either way, both laws are stupid… wether forced by the government, or asked by quoran.. the reason for it is lame.