Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[village_person]

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@nero_wulf wrote:

Lets try for a sensible answer again rather than the last one 

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@nero_wulf wrote:

Questions, how does a child know who their mother is in this crowd if they get seperated?   

How does a husband know who their wife is when they all look like this?

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I believe the children identify their mothers by smelling their breath, just like seals. Mind you the exercise of smelling all those breaths until the correct one is found means that some mothers and children will be late for dinner.

[azureline**]

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@love*today wrote:
My question is why do they have to be all black.....are the men so scared they can't even allow their women and girls to have colour in their lives?

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we would need to know where the pic was taken, who the women are etc, to have any idea why all black.

The ones I have seen in pics have mostly been a beautiful sky blue, eg: see Jacqui Lambie's pic 🙂

[polksaladallie]

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@love*today wrote:
My question is why do they have to be all black.....are the men so scared they can't even allow their women and girls to have colour in their lives?

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[love*today]

Where are the pics of large groups over there in a sea of multi coloured material?

[polksaladallie]

They might wear different colours in different areas, for different occasions, just like we do.

[***super_nova***]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@love*today wrote:
My question is why do they have to be all black.....are the men so scared they can't even allow their women and girls to have colour in their lives?

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the blue seems to be the one usual in Afghanistan, so it might be different for different countries or tribes, or social standing. 

[karliandjacko]

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@love*today wrote:
My question is why do they have to be all black.....are the men so scared they can't even allow their women and girls to have colour in their lives?

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I don't know. It's rather extreme attire that I could not imagine wearing.

All this talk about banning the burqa seems to me to be about creating unnecessary fear, hatred and division within the community.

[azureline**]

Within followers of Islam, different types of dress are culturally proscribed along national or ethnic lines.

"Islam doesn't proscribe any particular dress for men and women but what it does ask is that both men and women dress modestly, that's basically the main requirement as far as the Koran is concerned," Dr Rane said.

"The veil was proscribed for women as a way to protect themselves from the lewd stares of men and that came within a particular social and cultural context.

"There are variations like different colours and in countries like Iran you see more black but in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia you get a range of different colours and patterns. There is nothing within the religion that says there should be one colour, these are just cultural variations."

Dr Rane said use of the face veil could actually be traced to the days before Islam.

Brisbane Times, 2009

[polksaladallie]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

the blue seems to be the one usual in Afghanistan, so it might be different for different countries or tribes, or social standing. 

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You are right.

  Caption with this says Afghanistan

[patchoo78]

I have to be honest with you, but I've spent a fair bit of time in Sydney, sometimes around areas with large Muslim populations, and while I have seen Muslims wearing a HIjab the only time I can recall seeing anyone in a Niqab was when two local girls did it here to see what kind of reaction they got from the public; in short it wasn't nice