Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[cherry*135]

That's not a lot. Quite a few women working in stores in my wider area ( I live in a small town, near 2 cities) wear a hijab.

[bushies.girl]

Never see anyone wearing them down my way, guess they don't live in the "bush"

[cherry*135]

Employment prospects much better in the cities.

[bushies.girl]

NOT in the cities near me  .... 

[pollysd]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

The dress of form-concealing burqas and face-concealing niqabs .

I have to ask the Sumnerian question . . . :why is it so?"

Why should women have to dress like this in the first place? Does anyone believe that it is just a colourful,  quaint and innocent form of fashionable cultural expression?

It is not.

Niqabs which conceal the face and chadors which conceal the body etc, etc, and there's one which just conceals the hair. It doesn't really matter the degree of the form taken.

What really matters is that religions and /or cultures which espouse these dress codes for women, see women as second-class citizens. and the influence of such people and their religions (if they support such discrimination) should be opposed.

To wear the burqa or the niqab or even the hijab is to proclaim ones self as a second class citizen; it is to wear the badge of one who is subordinate and downtrodden.

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Are these women downtrodden as well?

[daydream**believer]

here we go again

[bushies.girl]

WHY do people keep posting pics of nuns in habits? Most nuns havent worn this type of garb for over 30 years lol  Don't really see how it covered their face either  lol  

DDB I hear what you are saying, unless one lives in a particular area, they they really have NO idea what's it like    ....

[***super_nova***]

I really do not comprehend why would anybody think that what Muslim women wear is oppressive, while western clothing is liberating?  We are dictated by fashion, and anybody who thinks that our clothing is liberating has never tried to get out off sportscar in a miniskirt.

Western girls are bombarded from early age by images of unattainable body shapes, and told that to fit in they need to conform to current fashions and be "sexy".  And when they do, they are called sluts.

I would prefer if woman in Australia did not feel the need to dress in burqa or niqab, but I do not support banning them; I just hope that over time they will be replaced by hijab.

[karliandjacko]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

WHY do people keep posting pics of nuns in habits? Most nuns havent worn this type of garb for over 30 years lol  Don't really see how it covered their face either  lol  

DDB I hear what you are saying, unless one lives in a particular area, they they really have NO idea what's it like    ....

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I spent half my life in major multi cultural area and do know what it's like. In primary school the white aussies were the minority but we didn't take any notice of skin colour and learnt something about all cultures.

[Anonymous]

Are these women downtrodden as well?

are they allowed to wear civilian clothing in public?