Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[pollysd]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

This is an example of why i find them intimidating.

Its my opinion.

Im sure there will be those who will disagree with my opinion but disagree all you like, it wont change my opinion

At the kindy the other day i arrived at the same time as a woman wearing a niqab.

I opened the door and held it open for her. Then, as we both got to the sign in book at the same time, i said "You can go first" and smiled. She just stood there.

She said something but it was muffled by the niqab. She looked at me but i have no idea what expression she had. So we both stood there at the sign in book.

In the end i shrugged my shoulders and signed the book before her.

Later i heard her talking to the kindy teacher so i know she understood and could speak English.

IMO, facial expressions are a big part of communicating. If i cant see the face i find the situation imtimidating

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It's not as if she ignored you. You said in your above post that she did say something to you (probably in English...as you noted in your post that she did speak the language) but that you couldn't understand what she was saying through the material. Maybe she was trying to be polite by letting you sign first? Maybe she was wondering why you ignored her response? She might at this moment be chatting online telling her friends how the woman at the kindy completely ignored her kind gesture. 

[Anonymous]

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@am*3 wrote:
Changed to confront

"Julia- you are right. In that example i will change my wording to confronting."


con·front

meet (someone) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent.

"300 policemen confronted an equal number of union supporters"

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LOL well obviously you would use the definition that is

applicable to the situation from the other person's perspective

ie confront = facing a situation that makes you uncomfortable/

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

[cherry*135]

The other person didn't do anything, except wait to sign in. If they were a non Muslim and same scenario, would a post be made about them?

[karliandjacko]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

Julia- you are right. In that example i will change my wording to confronting.

I have also had some intimidating experiences as well though which i would rather not discuss on here.

karli- good question. They do hold morning teas for the the non english speaking mothers

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It sounds like they should invite all the mothers.  If they want the kids to integrate within the school community and make friends it would be nice if all the parents were made to feel welcome and included also.  Who knows they might relax and start wearing a hijab instead of a niqab or burqa.

[Anonymous]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@daydream**believer wrote:

Julia- you are right. In that example i will change my wording to confronting.

I have also had some intimidating experiences as well though which i would rather not discuss on here.

karli- good question. They do hold morning teas for the the non english speaking mothers

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It sounds like they should invite all the mothers.  If they want the kids to integrate with the school community and make friends it would be nice if the parents were made to feel welcome and included also.  Who knows they might relax and start wearing a hijab instead of a niqab or burqa.

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what about the dads?? would they

be excluded?

[channys_mum]

what about the dads?? would they

be excluded?

I think the dad's in this case would have to graciousley 'suck it up' and not attend. The girls would never remove their head gear if there were men there.

[azureline**]

When my children were in school, we lived in a predominantly Italian and Croation neighbourhood, (1978 onwards) many of the families were not English speaking. Canberra

I regularly assisted some neighbours with school issues and homework, at some point I mentioned to the principal the problems that were there for those families (Dad's generally spoke English but they were out at work all day)

He organised English lessons for them, he also invited other English speaking families to attend, it was a very interesting social and educational experience for all of us.

Having no children at school now, I have no idea what they do.

[bushies.girl]

DDB you're are as entitled to you opinion as is anyone else ....   I dont like that garb either, never have never will  

Why is that some posters just can't accept the FACT that other posters just don't like this type of clothing? Weird

[karliandjacko]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@daydream**believer wrote:

Julia- you are right. In that example i will change my wording to confronting.

I have also had some intimidating experiences as well though which i would rather not discuss on here.

karli- good question. They do hold morning teas for the the non english speaking mothers

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It sounds like they should invite all the mothers.  If they want the kids to integrate with the school community and make friends it would be nice if the parents were made to feel welcome and included also.  Who knows they might relax and start wearing a hijab instead of a niqab or burqa.

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what about the dads?? would they

be excluded?

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I think the dad's could be invited along another time.  What I meant was a time for the women to get to know each other so they could reveal themselves to other women to ease the tension in a mothers group setting.

[azureline**]

I don't think anyone doesn't get that some people don't like the "garb"

I don't understand why they don't like it but I don't insist they should.

I don't like women's bellies hanging over their pants,  pants so low we can see  everything that should be inside them, etc.

I just avoid looking at them.