Burqa 'confronting', says Tony Abbott.

[i-need-a-martini]

OMG!

And most of the country thinks this numbskull is suitable PM material??

And if that isn't bad enough when asked about Mr Kings proposed radical new policing system in which criminal suspects (only suspects mibnd you. Which i think means all Muslims in Mr Kings world)  would be injected with satellite trackable micro chips shot from a "high powered sniper rifle" his response was:

"I'm just not going to get into the micro-detail of policing," Mr Abbott said.

Micro detail? That is policing? How about "I'm not going to comment on what is obviously a ridiculous statement by King"? That would have been a more appropriate response Mr Abbott.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/burqa-confronting-says-tony-abbott-as-h...

[lakeland27]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
I agree. Imagine just being able to chuck a burqa over your gardening or painting clothes to pop out.

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 i like the idea too, but they already think i'm not all there so i shutup about it.

[icyfroth]

the burqas are better at Hungry Jacks

[**meep**]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
I wasn't lecturing you. 🙂
It was quite an eye opener to me when she used to tell me stories of Iran before they had to leave. Fascinating stuff.

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Nooooo I didn't take it that way.  I was agreeing with you and just kept waffling on as I usually do.....

all good

[i-need-a-martini]

I am wondering how many people who say they find burqas confronting have actually been confronted by a woman wearing one?

Very few I imagine.

I live in a strongly muslim area and I have rarely seen a woman in a burqa. 

[izabsmiling]

Mr King (the Lib Canditates from the opening post) views it being oppressive .It's not necessarily the case .

 Why Is the Burqa a Buzzword? 

written by Farahnaz Zahidi , a Pakistani writer and editor. Her areas of focus include human rights, gender, peace-building and Islam. She currently works as Features Editor forThe Express Tribune.

27/8/2013

Over the passing years, the numbers of emancipated Pakistani women opting to don the more Muslim way of dressing has grown. Myself included. As a journalist, writer and activist, and born in a family where coercion was never the done thing, my opposition, if at all, actually came from family and friends who took time to accept my head-cover. But it has been my choice to don it to whatever degree I do. An expression of my faith as I know it. An act of love to please God. There is no force and no oppression.

Yet, every few days, this "choice" of Muslim women world over, a buzzword, makes news in one way or another. More recently, Lady Gaga decided she must be our voice, in her latest offering "Aura" also known as the "burqa."

I will not waste words about whether this is another desperate attempt at attention-seeking. Neither does that disturb me. She wants to attract attention? She certainly got mine!

Thanks to her, I am irritated, yet again.

read in full:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/farahnaz-zahidi/post_5381_b_3806457.html

[i-need-a-martini]

And as an aside, it is about perception. And that is why Abbotts comments were so incredibly wrong. To play to peoples fear of the unknown is a low act.

Before I moved into my current area, I had never spoken to a covered muslim woman. I imagine most people would be the same.

Now a covered woman is simply part of my life. My neighbours who I visit with often wear full hijab to answer the door and take it off once I am in their home.My local beautician wears the hijab (mind you she is in a singlet and shorts when she waxes my eyebrows!). My local baker, my local chemist, my local chicken shop are all owned by muslim families so I don't think about what they are wearing.

They are simply wearing clothes befitting their culture. 

[twinkles**stars]

my last flight home from Queensland found me sitting next to a lovely woman who made my trip far more comfortable due to her kind words and comforting conversation. She wore a Burqa.

[i-need-a-martini]

I used to see it as oppressive. 

Now I know better.

The women that I know do have a choice. No man forces them to cover up. Actually god help any man that tries to tell these women what to do - they rule the roost lol!

[**meep**]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I am wondering how many people who say they find burqas confronting have actually been confronted by a woman wearing one?

Very few I imagine.

I live in a strongly muslim area and I have rarely seen a woman in a burqa. 

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  i've always thought your area was predominately anglo saxon....Its not unusual to see women wearing burkas in lakemba area.

[nevynreally]

Isn't peoples right to feel confronted by those who wear burkas? 

I don't feel those who do are necessarily oppressed, I just find it confronting. But it appears I'm not allowed feel that way, or more importantly, to voice that, opinion now without expecting to be put down for MY OPINION on the issue.