Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[watta*drama*queen]

Ban baklava?

No way

It's delicious  

[cherry*135]

Have to take your balaclava off before you try and eat the baklava.

Whats the difference between a balaclava and a burqa?

A balaclava is a form of headgear

A burqa is a long garment covering whole body from head to feet.

A thief/burglar wearing a balaclava can run away unimpeded by their clothing, off into the night, in their jeans, jumper and joggers. They could ditch the balaclava over a fence on the way home.

[ufo_investigations]

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@village_person wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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Invitation to such events clearly state that there is a dress code.  It is very rude to disregard it.  And just as some restaurants will not let in people in thongs, without tops or in swimsuits, the people in the mosque have a right not to let people who do not comply with their request to dress modestly.  People are invited to the mosque open day to learn more about Muslims, not to push their values on the Muslim community.

Dressing appropriately shows respect, arriving at any place of worship in bikini, is rude.  And knowing that Muslims believe that women should not be showing bare skin on the street, trying to enter Mosque in bikini top is showing that they went there to insult , not to try understand the community.

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Auburn Gallipoli Mosque takes great pleasure in inviting you, your family and friends on Sunday 8th September 2013

Take this opportunity to experience the serenity of being surrounded by traditional Ottoman artwork.

- Tour the Mosque

- Information seminars

- Meeting members of the Muslim community

- Refreshments and light lunch

Please forward this invite to any of your friends or family members that might be interested in attending.

Events Details

Address: North Parade (Gelibolu Pde) Auburn NSW 2144

Date:       Sunday 8th September 2013

Time:       10am – 4pm

And the dress code is? Over to you S_N.

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This 'Information seminar' will they have ham sandwiches for non-muslims or do I have to eat halal only if I go?

[ufo_investigations]

oh it's 2013. an old one.

[imastawka]

You can't have a sandwich - ham or otherwise.

You're on a diet remember                                        

[ufo_investigations]

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@imastawka wrote:

You can't have a sandwich - ham or otherwise.

You're on a diet remember                                        

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But but that's discrimination. LOL.

[imastawka]

Nah, it's not.       Just lookin' out for ya        

[iapetus_rocks]

I'd just like to comment on the picture posted above in post #385.

I'd ask this woman just why she was wearing an hijab, and if she said it was for religious reasons then I'd ask her why she is wearing lipstick and eye make-up and has had her eyebrows "sculptured" just a little.

Because, the exhortation in the koran is for women (and men) to dress modestly and the wearing of make-up is contrary to this.

Some Muslim women I have seen, wear the hijab and wear make-up and they also wear skin-tight jeans and form-hugging tops.

Now this is definitely not in the spirit of the Koranic instruction, is it?

I would say to this woman,

"Please stop trying to infringe my right and my social responsibility to argue for the equality of the sexes and against  systems (be they political or religious or even social) which exhert pressure on women to adopt a role of subjugated second class citizen to the men."

[Anonymous]

interesting observation because

nuns do not wear makeup or fashion

accessories or any other trendy clothing

under their uniform.

[iapetus_rocks]

Maybe the difference is that women choose to be nuns and agree in advance to the dress code, whereas most people are born into a religion which they just absorb as they grow up but which they had no say about in adopting in the first place. But, yes you're right, nuns' dress is really modest and conservative; not a hint of make-up or any other attraction-enhancing devices.

Women who choose to convert to Islam, also agree in advance to the conditions imposed by their particular sect, but it's a bit hypocritical to wear an hijab and make-up.